Plesk in VE

Below is an example of how to install Plesk into OpenVZ VE (VE#11):

# vzctl create 11 --ostemplate centos-4-i386-default
Creating VPS private area: /vz/private/11
Performing postcreate actions
VPS private area was created

# vzctl set 11 --quotaugidlimit 150 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --numproc 400:400 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --kmemsize 16384000:18022400 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --privvmpages 262144:292912 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --hostname=plesk.local --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --diskspace 2000000:2000000 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --shmpages 16384:16384 --save
UB limits were set successefully

# vzctl set 11 --ipadd 192.168.51.55 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl set 11 --userpasswd root:pass
Changing password for user root.
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

# vzctl set 11 --iptables "iptable_filter iptable_mangle ipt_limit ipt_multiport ipt_tos ipt_TOS ipt_REJECT ipt_TCPMSS ipt_tcpmss ipt_ttl ipt_LOG ipt_length ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack_irc ipt_conntrack ipt_state ipt_helper iptable_nat ip_nat_ftp ip_nat_irc" --save
Saved parameters for VPS 11

# vzctl start 11
Starting VPS ...
VPS is mounted
Adding IP address(es): 192.168.51.55
Setting CPU units: 1000
Set hostname: plesk.local
Setting quota ugidlimit: 150
VPS start in progress...

# modprobe tun
# lsmod | grep tun
tun                     6624  0 
# vzctl set 11 --devices c:10:200:rw --save
Setting devices
Saved parameters for VPS 11
# vzctl exec 11 mkdir -p /dev/net
# vzctl exec 11 mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200
# vzctl exec 11 chmod 600 /dev/net/tun

Make sure that VE's hostname is resolving correctly to VE's IP address. You can also add an appropriate record to /etc/hosts as a workaround.

Then go to http://www.swsoft.com/download/plesk8/ and download appropriate autoinstaller. CentOS 4.2 in this case.

Copy and install psa-autoinstaller-<VERSION>.rpm to VE#11

execute:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/autoinstaller

select version 8.0.1 and neccessary components.

after packages were downloaded selected components are installing:

Start packages installation
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                             Congratulations!
        Plesk has been successfully installed on your server.
        To complete the system configuration, please proceed to URL:
        https://plesk.local:8443/ or
        https://127.0.0.1:8443/
        Use the login name 'admin' and password 'setup'.

        Further, use the following commands to start and stop Plesk:
        "/etc/init.d/psa start" and
        "/etc/init.d/psa stop" respectively.

        All Plesk control panel documentation is available at
        http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/plesk80/docs

 *****************************************************************************
 *                                                                           *
 *      NOTE:   You have a default key file with limited functionality       *
 *              currently installed for Plesk, which allows                  *
 *              creating one client account, one domain, one mail name and   *
 *              one web user.                                                *
 *              To extend the limits of your license key and enable          *
 *              additional features, please contact the SWsoft, Inc. sales   *
 *              department: sales@swsoft.com                                *
 *                                                                           *
 *      Thank you for choosing our products!                                 *
 *****************************************************************************
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Plesk install full output

Done. You can create prepackaged template from this VE for further installations.