Services and Components on Windows-based Hosting Service Nodes

Control panel software for managing hosting servers. It is integrated with CloudBlue Commerce.

To manage the services controlled by Plesk, go to Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > Services Management.

To learn more about Plesk, visit https://www.plesk.com/ and https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/about-plesk.70559/.

Web server.

To manage IIS web server settings on Windows-based hosting nodes, use the native IIS Manager application on the Windows server.

You can also manage IIS application pool in Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > IIS Application Pool and web server settings for selected sites in Customer Panel > Websites & Domains > IIS Web Server Settings.

To learn more, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/web-servers/iis-web-server-windows.71995/.

Mail server.

To configure the global settings of the mail services, go to Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > Mail Server Settings.

To learn more, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/mail/configuring-serverwide-mail-settings.59430/.

Webmail.

To manage webmail, go to Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > Webmail.

To learn more, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/mail/webmail-software.66411/.

Spam filter. It is installed and switched on by default.

To manage the settings of the SpamAssassin spam filter, go to Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > Webmail.

To learn more about SpamAssassin configuration, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/mail/antispam-tools/spamassassin-spam-filter.59432/.

In addition to SpamAssassin, there are also spam preventions tools based on DomainKeys, DNS blackhole lists, and Sender Policy Framework (SPF). You can configure these tools in Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > Mail Server Settings.

To learn more about them, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/mail/antispam-tools.59431/.

Provides protection against a wide range of attacks directed at web applications.

It is installed but is switched off by default.

To manage the service, go to Provider Panel > Services > WebHosting Plesk > Service Nodes > Tools and Settings (in the Actions column) > Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity).

To learn more, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/server-administration/web-application-firewall-modsecurity.73383/.

Installed and switched on.

To learn more, visit https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/administrator-guide/database-servers.59427/.

Web statistics package. Installed and switched on.

You can select the web statistics package that will be available to hosting customers in service template settings (Provider Panel > Products > Service Templates > template name > Hosting Parameters tab). To learn more, refer to Setting Up Service Templates.

You can select the PHP version available to hosting customers in service template settings (Provider Panel > Products > Service Templates > template name > Hosting Parameters tab). To learn more, refer to Setting Up Service Templates.

Web-based database management tool for Microsoft SQL Server databases.

Database management system.

Antivirus solution for email.

Antivirus solution for email.

DNS server. Can be installed on Linux and Windows-based hosting nodes.