Do you "extend" your PSA installation

[Herby]

Would be interesting if you do so.

[atomicturtle]

Do I put down ART or Other/My modifications? :P

[Herby]

;)

[k.satirli]

both ART and other modifications. nothing from myself, since I found out the hard way that that just doesnt work :D

[wjtech]

It’s fun putting on your own modifications. Then you can try to smell the smoke from the data center hundreds of miles away.

John

[k.satirli]

Originally posted by wjtech
It’s fun putting on your own modifications. Then you can try to smell the smoke from the data center hundreds of miles away.

John

hah - good one. keeps me entertained while I abuse nano to modify configs and make my server more secure.

thanks to ART it's all possible ;)

[Redah]

Used to use ART's php and mysql rpm's... and back in the day i used his mailscanner.

But with Fedora php and mysql get updated all the time so I stopped getting art's stuff... and also 4PSA did a great job on providing antispam and antivirus with a interface that plugs into plesk, which was something ART was definately missing, and 4PSA offers a great way to give more 'features' to your customers.

[Spyder]

I don´t use linux....I more confortable with BSD flavors.

Snif, Snif, Snif ... I can´t use scott´s pkgs.. tunnings..... I thinking in put one RH/CENT VPS to test ;)

Tia

[CCHickman]

My sites all run with a CMS that I custom designed for all of my clients ... using the httpd.d folder and examples of how Squirrelmail (ART) and Horde were configured to be globally accessible, I was able to install my CMS in one place where /admin would allow all clients to access it.

I also bundle phpMyAdmin and other tools in with it so that I can extend my services.

I did install the PLESK PowerToys and enjoy the password reveal featurse .. the domain aliasing was rather destructive after the first week =( -- can't wait until it's added into PLESK.

And also I do keep up to date with ART's RPMs -- especially his greylisting RPM (buried deep in his site) -- it's reduced my server's spam by at least 95%.

Just as a suggestion -- anyone willing to secure their Linux PLESK-based server with novice/intermediate Linux experience should definately pay for 'Atomic Secured Linux' through www.atomicrocketturtle.com ... my server was hacked twice in the past 18 months and I've found myself invulnerable now =)

[MaRiOs]

Sorry for my ingorance but..can some one explain to me what ART rpms are ?

[atomicturtle]

I run a free yum rpm archive at www.atomicrocketturtle.com focused on creating server rpms (php, mysql, etc) that are compatible with redhat based distributions (CentOS, Fedora, RHEL). I also have a subscription archive, called ASL (Atomic Secured Linux) which is specifically built to secure hosting platforms.

[Cranky]

www.atomicrocketturtle.com = ART

[Pagemakers]

4PSA Spam Guardian
4PSA Clean Server
4PSA Total Backup

Very happy with them :p

[joelmoss]

I have extended and customised Plesk quite a bit, and now have external DNS management, Urchin integration and also (in development) external centralised mail.

All in all, I got Plesk nailed down and know exactly how it works. I can customise it quite a bit.

[k.satirli]

joel,

it's interesting to hear that you have urchin integration.

I've also got a license for urchin but the only integration I've done so far is to have a link in the navbar.

care to elaborate? (maybe via pm as to not go too much OT)

[joelmoss]

Originally posted by liquidblaze
joel,

it's interesting to hear that you have urchin integration.

I've also got a license for urchin but the only integration I've done so far is to have a link in the navbar.

care to elaborate? (maybe via pm as to not go too much OT)

I have placed an icon under the domain level screen in Plesk, which actually opens a script ( still within Plesk ) where the client can enable/disable Urchin and can view their Urchin Reports without having to login to Urchin separately. The client needs to configure nothing and it is all automated, so they will see their rchin reports generated once daily, and all they did was click on button.

[k.satirli]

most interesting approach.

you wouldnt happen to be at liberty to share the script you use so that customers dont have to login twice?

I'm not interested in switching urchin on or off, since im not reselling, but the script would be nice still...

[joelmoss]

If you just want to link directly to Urchin reports, then take a look at http://help.urchin.com/index.cgi?id=1523

[k.satirli]

heh. thank you :)

will have a go at it.

[PixyPumpkin]

4PSA VIP, ART, SiteBuilder, PowerToys and some other expansions :)

[k.satirli]

say, Pumpkin,

did you just do a search on my latest threads? 3 replies to threads I was the last poster in :P

[PixyPumpkin]

Pure coincidence I do not look at that :) maybe we have the same interest :)

[k.satirli]

heh - alright :)

say, what is 4PSA VIP? I think I missed it in the product listing

[PixyPumpkin]

https://www.4psa.com/store/products.php?id=3 at the bottom :)

Includes 4PSA Notifications, 4PSA Client Backup, 4PSA Clean Server, 4PSA Spam Guardian, 4PSA Total Domains, 4PSA Total Backup, 4PSA Server Assistant, 4PSA Integrator and 4PSA Advanced Statistics. Compatible with Plesk 7.x Reloaded, Plesk 7 and Plesk 6. Free installation service.

[k.satirli]

ah a bundle. now I see.

I was looking at individual products :)

[PixyPumpkin]

Yeah, sorry I did not mention that :) 4PSA works great for me and my customers. Although I see some features in 7.5.4. that are going to be dubble now with 4PSA. I wonder what they are going to do about that :(

[k.satirli]

my guess is that they will have to update their packages to sport even more functions, otherwise no one will see a need to buy them :)

[PixyPumpkin]

I hope so :) that's what I mean, the Server Assistant is now included in 7.5.4 as Server Monitor :(

[Redah]

Originally posted by PixyPumpkin
I hope so :) that's what I mean, the Server Assistant is now included in 7.5.4 as Server Monitor :(

Plesk also already contains AntiSpam and AntiVirus. Yet, I still like CleanServer and SpamGuardian better. Don't ask me why, but it just feels better :)

[hardweb]

The WatchDog can not compete with Server Assistant, as Server Assistant does much more. WatchDog checks if the service is running, Server Assistant checks if the service is working, it monitors other server parameters and so on. In the release 2.0 which is due in September there will be new unique features like Service Statefull checking, Early Hacking Detection, Bandwidth Usage alerts and so on.

[ProfiTiger]

Interrested in all kinds of mods, mostely in ARTs RPMs, but SuSE is not the distribution which is supported by many people... ART has RPMs for RH, could not find any for SuSE :(

[atomicturtle]

Yeah its a mountain of work to port to non RH based distros.

[lvalics]

Is in not in the list, a few people mentioned here, there is also Power Toys and in 2 weeks a new release Search Engine Optimization Tools for PLESK. See more on www.pleskaddons.com

[PixyPumpkin]

the release 2.0 which is due in September there will be new unique features like Service Statefull checking, Early Hacking Detection, Bandwidth Usage alerts and so on.It's october now, any news? ;)

[hardweb]

Stay tuned for the new releases that will start next week :)

[PixyPumpkin]

Thx, for the quick reply!