Managing Plesk from Mobile Devices

If you need to manage Plesk right from your mobile device, take advantage of the following mobile applications:

This section describes the features of these apps, their installation, and usage instructions.

Note: Plesk Mobile and Plesk Manager do not require any additional licensing starting from version 12.0. However, if you upgrade from an earlier version, and want to use Plesk Manager on iOS, you need a license including Plesk Power Pack add-on.

Application Features

Plesk Manager gives administrators control over core Plesk administration functions. With Plesk Manager, administrators can:

Plesk Mobile incorporates the features of Plesk Manager and, additionally allows administrators and their customers a number of domain management functions listed below.

Supported Operating Systems and Devices

Plesk Manager is supported on iOS and Windows Phone; Plesk Mobile is supported on Android. Use the following links to download the apps from the respective app stores.

Operating System and Devices

Plesk Mobile

Plesk Manager

Windows Phone 8.1 or later +compatible devices

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/apps/Plesk-Manager/9WZDNCRDLGXN

iOS 4.0 or later + compatible devices

 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plesk-manager/id477441273?mt=8

Android 2.2 or later + compatible devices

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odin.plesk.mobile&hl=en

 

Configuring Plesk to Work with Mobile Apps

To interact with Plesk Manager or Plesk Mobile , Plesk uses the Plesk Mobile Center extension. Plesk installs this extension automatically after you try to connect the apps to your Plesk server. You can also install the extension from Extensions > Extensions Catalog > Plesk Mobile Center. The Plesk Mobile Center extension accepts requests from mobile apps to the Plesk server, processes them, and sends responses back to the mobile apps.

The extension writes information about its activities and problems to its own log file. The log file location on the Plesk server is the following (the same path for Linux and Windows):

%plesk_dir%/var/modules/plesk-mobile/MobileConnector.log, where %plesk_dir% is the path to the Plesk installation directory.

There are three types of log entries:

On the Plesk Mobile Center page (Extensions > Plesk Mobile Center), you can define the following settings: