Plesk 12.5 preview feedback thread

[Igor_B]

This is how PHP-FPM works by design, since there's no need to run a service that's not in use.

But the problem is when I choose PHP handler for website using nginx+PHP-FPM which is previously stopped the newly created PHP-FPM pool is not started.

 

[Sergey_Ugdyzhekov]

Could you show output of following commands?
plesk bin php_handler --list
plesk version

 

[Igor_B]

Output of plesk bin php_handler --list

id: display name: full version: version: type: cgi-bin: php-cli: php.ini: custom: status:
cgi 5.3.3 5.3.3 5.3 cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php /etc/php.ini false disabled
fastcgi 5.3.3 5.3.3 5.3 fastcgi /usr/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php /etc/php.ini false enabled
fpm 5.3.3 5.3.3 5.3 fpm /usr/sbin/php-fpm /usr/bin/php /etc/php.ini false enabled
module 5.3.3 5.3.3 5.3 module /usr/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php /etc/php.ini false disabled
plesk-php54-cgi 5.4.37 5.4.37 5.4 cgi /opt/plesk/php/5.4/bin/php-cgi /opt/plesk/php/5.4/bin/php /opt/plesk/php/5.4/etc/php.ini true disabled
plesk-php54-fastcgi 5.4.37 5.4.37 5.4 fastcgi /opt/plesk/php/5.4/bin/php-cgi /opt/plesk/php/5.4/bin/php /opt/plesk/php/5.4/etc/php.ini true enabled
plesk-php54-fpm 5.4.37 5.4.37 5.4 fpm /opt/plesk/php/5.4/sbin/php-fpm /opt/plesk/php/5.4/bin/php /opt/plesk/php/5.4/etc/php.ini true enabled
plesk-php55-cgi 5.5.20 5.5.20 5.5 cgi /opt/plesk/php/5.5/bin/php-cgi /opt/plesk/php/5.5/bin/php /opt/plesk/php/5.5/etc/php.ini true disabled
plesk-php55-fastcgi 5.5.20 5.5.20 5.5 fastcgi /opt/plesk/php/5.5/bin/php-cgi /opt/plesk/php/5.5/bin/php /opt/plesk/php/5.5/etc/php.ini true enabled
plesk-php55-fpm 5.5.20 5.5.20 5.5 fpm /opt/plesk/php/5.5/sbin/php-fpm /opt/plesk/php/5.5/bin/php /opt/plesk/php/5.5/etc/php.ini true enabled

Output of plesk version

Product version: 12.1.23
Build date: 2015/05/22 19:00
Build target: CentOS 6
Revision: 341384
Architecture: 64-bit
Wrapper version: 1.2

 

[Faris Raouf]

Sitebuilder (WPB)

I noticed that the test key does not allow WPB to be used. Is there any way to get a test key that enables this?

 

[custer]

Plesk 12.1.24 preview is out:

1. Plesk supports MariaDB 10.
2. Users can specify database user roles while creating or editing MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server database users.
3. Users can improve the performance of PHP applications by switching on the PHP accelerator module in the website's PHP settings. By default, the APC module is activated for PHP versions earlier than 5.5, xcache for PHP 5.4.x, and Zend OPcache for PHP 5.5 or later. WinCache is activated for all PHP version on Plesk for Windows.
4. The ability to log in to Plesk automatically from external resources was implemented.
5. Administrators can view and manage the list of Plesk interface languages by using the new locales command-line tool.
6. Administrators can retrieve information about existing mail accounts and their aliases by using the command-line calls mail --list and mail --info.
7. A new user interface theme was applied to Plesk Installer.

 

[Ross_Fisher]

During fresh install of latest Beta released today on CentOS 7.1:


[ INFO ] Current ingo schema version: 6
[ INFO ] Ending ingo schema version: 6
[ INFO ] Migrating DB up.
[ INFO ] Current mnemo schema version: 7
[ INFO ] Ending mnemo schema version: 7
[ INFO ] Migrating DB up.
[ INFO ] Current kronolith schema version: 22
[ INFO ] Ending kronolith schema version: 22
done
After end of upgrade for 'horde' (stage 'files') following actions are registered as failed: 20130913120639-horde_install_framework 20140511150139-horde_install_framework.

WARNING!
Some problems are found during upgrade Horde webmail configuration(see log file: /var/log/plesk/install/plesk_12.1.24_installation.log)

Continue...

After install completes, logging in @ admin panel results in Nginx 502

 

[Ross_Fisher]

Did a fresh reinstall, worked this time.

however mod_pagespeed crashed Apache:

[root@ns514904 ~]# sudo rpm -U mod-pagespeed-*.rpm
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start atd.service
job 2 at Tue Jun 9 20:45:00 2015
[root@ns514904 ~]# sudo rpm -U mod-pagespeed-*.rpm
package mod-pagespeed-beta-1.9.32.3-4448.x86_64 is already installed
[root@ns514904 ~]# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all
Execution failed.
Command: httpdmng
Arguments: Array
(
[0] => --reconfigure-server
[1] => -no-restart
)

Details: [2015-06-09 20:43:45] ERR [util_exec] proc_close() failed
[2015-06-09 20:43:52] ERR [util_exec] proc_close() failed
[2015-06-09 20:43:53] ERR [panel] Apache config (14338970250.64018600) generation failed: Template_Exception: httpd: Syntax error on line 56 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 77 of /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-base.conf: Can't locate API module structure `pagespeed_ap24_module' in file /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_pagespeed_ap24.so: /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_pagespeed_ap24.so: undefined symbol: pagespeed_ap24_module

file: /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/Template/Writer/Webserver/Abstract.php
line: 75
code: 0
plesk sendmail[6439]: sendmail argv = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
httpd: Syntax error on line 56 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 77 of /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-base.conf: Can't locate API module structure `pagespeed_ap24_module' in file /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_pagespeed_ap24.so: /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_pagespeed_ap24.so: undefined symbol: pagespeed_ap24_module

Even when removing mod_pagespeed, it complains about the missing module. I tried with pagespeed on and off.

 

[IgorG]

It is not good idea to install beta third-party modules on Plesk server. We do not officially support any beta software.

 

[Jim]

Not sure if I am the only one who hates the user interface for the preview version or other people feel the same.
I mean it looks awful to me - it kind of reminds me of the terrible Zpanel interface - and the majority of us hate Zpanel

here is the user interface in the preview :

here is how Zpanel looks like (Sentora , a fork of Zpanel, looks exactly like this as well:

I am not a big fan of current or the preview user interface
this is my personal opinion but I think both themes look out of place and old.

for example, have a look at these admin interfaces:
http://www.keenthemes.com/preview/metronic/theme/templates/admin3/
http://www.keenthemes.com/preview/metronic/theme/templates/admin2/
http://lambdathemes.in/admin2/

I think these are examples of modern themes,
would appreciate if anyone else provide their feedback regarding the user interface

 

[Nik K]

Jim, thanks for feedback.
More different color themes will be available in the final release - we hope you'll find one which you like.

 

[Jim]

Jim, thanks for feedback.
More different color themes will be available in the final release - we hope you'll find one which you like.

thanks for the quick reply
I don't think the issue is with colors, did you have a chance to look at the examples I provided? maybe same approach for the design of the next version?
if we put it up to a vote, do you think you can implement some of those design?

 

[gbotica]

Hi,
12.1 is looking superb - great work - can't wait to use it -- so many great new features.

I wondering about WordPress compatibility and PHP-FPM Nginx -- will this work with Process PHP with Nginx?

WordPress uses .htaccess rules for permalinks /pretty URLs (also, many some WP plugins write custom rules to .htaccess), but if we're using PHP-FPM and Nginx to process PHP, then there is no .htaccess and WordPress won't work -- is this correct?



Thanks again.

 

[custer]

Hi Gavin,

According to this article, nginx and permalinks shouldn't be a problem:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Nginx#URL_Rewrites_.2F_Permalinks

 

[Nik K]

thanks for the quick reply
I don't think the issue is with colors, did you have a chance to look at the examples I provided? maybe same approach for the design of the next version?
if we put it up to a vote, do you think you can implement some of those design?

Yes, I looked at the examples – they are very nice dashboards with a lot of data, numbers, charts etc.

I think it is quite possible that Plesk will have a dashboard like these, but we need your help in telling us which exact information should be presented there and why, which problem it is going to solve, how it will help you in your business. The better we understand the problems - the better will be result of UI design.

It is a good idea to post feature requests at http://plesk.uservoice.com/ so everyone can vote. And please provide us with as much details as possible – just “I do not like this UI, make it better” will not work

 

[gbotica]

Hi Gavin,

According to this article, nginx and permalinks shouldn't be a problem:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Nginx#URL_Rewrites_.2F_Permalinks

So it does ... thanks!

 

[Ross_Fisher]

My biggest complaint is that the 12.1 download servers are too darn slow! Multiple "too slow, trying different mirror" when trying to install. This has been over the last week on multiple servers:

http://autoinstall.plesk.com/PSA_12.1.24/dist-rpm-CentOS-7-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://autoinstall.plesk.com/PSA_12.1.24/dist-rpm-CentOS-7-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: (28, 'Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 30 seconds')

Trying other mirror.

PSA_12_1_24-dist | 2.9 kB 00:00

PSA_12_1_24-thirdparty | 2.9 kB 00:00

SITEBUILDER_12_1_0-dist | 2.9 kB 00:00

SITEBUILDER_12_1_0-thirdparty | 2.9 kB 00:00

PHP_5_5_20-dist/primary_db | 13 kB 00:01

PHP_5_4_37-dist/primary_db | 13 kB 00:01

NGINX_1_6_2-dist/primary_db | 3.0 kB 00:01

NGINX_1_6_2-thirdparty/primary_db | 1.1 kB 00:04

PSA_12_1_24-dist/primary_db | 94 kB 00:00

PSA_12_1_24-thirdparty/primary_db | 27 kB 00:00

SITEBUILDER_12_1_0-dist/primary_db | 5.1 kB 00:01

PHP_5_6_3-thirdparty/primary_db | 1.1 kB 00:06

PHP_5_5_20-thirdparty/primary_db | 1.1 kB 00:09

PHP_5_6_3-dist/primary_db | 13 kB 00:12

PHP_5_4_37-thirdparty/primary_db | 1.1 kB 00:16

SITEBUILDER_12_1_0-thirdparty/primary_db | 0 B 00:30

http://autoinstall.plesk.com/SITEBU...9a7e398946574d79dac6643945-primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://autoinstall.plesk.com/SITEBU...9a7e398946574d79dac6643945-primary.sqlite.bz2: (28, 'Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 30 seconds')

Trying other mirror.

SITEBUILDER_12_1_0-thirdparty/primary_db | 0 B 00:14

http://autoinstall.plesk.com/SITEBU...9a7e398946574d79dac6643945-primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 504 - Gateway Timeout

Trying other mirror.

 

[Jim]

Yes, I looked at the examples – they are very nice dashboards with a lot of data, numbers, charts etc.

I think it is quite possible that Plesk will have a dashboard like these, but we need your help in telling us which exact information should be presented there and why, which problem it is going to solve, how it will help you in your business. The better we understand the problems - the better will be result of UI design.

It is a good idea to post feature requests at http://plesk.uservoice.com/ so everyone can vote. And please provide us with as much details as possible – just “I do not like this UI, make it better” will not work

Yes, I agree. I can explain some of the UI implementations which I think will improve the functionality of the control panel

A) The dashboard (main page of the control panel)
What I like about this design (http://lambdathemes.in/admin2/index.html) is how the main control panel contains of widgets. Something like WordPress dashboard where the user can drag/drop widgets with different functionality. If you guys could implements such functionality where we can drag and drop or add widgets to main dashboard it would be awesome.
Some widget examples would be : Server info such as mem/disk usage in a graph, basic statistic about the account such as number of users/websites/databases/email accounts, recently error occurred, and similar widgets

B) Allow the user to change font size of the template
I mean the menu items and contents are set to 13px which in my opinion is way too small.

C) Break up the sections into more subsections.
If you go to "Server Management > Tools & Settings >" you can see 9 other sections. Each has at least 5 different subsections. So Tools & Settings section, contains around 62 subsections ! Can't we just have those 9 subsections as a main section and not inside Tools and Settings? it would be much easier to access those sections. Rather then going directly to Tools and Settings and start looking for stuff.

D)....

Z) Just don't make it look like Zpanel
I hate to say this since it is not very reasonable, but it looks very much like Zpanel and I it is killing me. Not sure about other people but Zpanel has a very bad reputation among those who started to use an open source control panel. Seeing the current control panel just reminds me of those nasty days I had with Zpanel and it just doesn't look right.

I will keep updating this post if I come up with something new

 

[PacoRB]

according to plesk.uservoice.com, incremental backup was implemented in the preview, but i cannot try it in the demo, since the demo doesn't allow backups.
I don't have the resources to install a demo somewhere, so is there another way to test the new features related to backups?

The topic i'm referring to: http://plesk.uservoice.com/forums/184549-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3539737-incremental-backup

Thanks in advance.

 

[custer]

12.1.25 preview highlights:

1. Developers of Plesk extensions can retrieve information about the features available in Plesk license keys by means of SDK methods.
2. Administrators can adjust global settings for scheduled backups via the XML-API.
3. Administrators can switch on automatic upgrade of Plesk extensions in Server Management > Extensions > Settings.
4. Multiple user interface improvements.
5. Security improvements.
6. On CentOS 5, RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, and CloudLinux 5, MySQL was updated to version 5.5.
7. New permissions were added to service plans: "Allow customers to back up and restore data related to their account", and "Allow customers to back up and restore data related to their subscription".
8. CodeEditor is now integrated with File Manager. A new option to edit files with CodeEditor is available from the File Manager's context menu.
9. phpMyAdmin was updated to version 4.4.9.
10. Customers and resellers are no longer required to specify a telephone number upon the first login to Plesk.

 

[custer]

We have Plesk 12.1 survey up (more info here: http://talk.plesk.com/threads/participate-in-plesk-12-1-survey.333430/) and we'd really appreciate if you guys could take it. Thanks!