Important Plesk Obsidian Releases

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.32!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• PHP 8.0 is now available for customer websites!
  Note: PHP 8 is still very recent (it came out on November 26) and includes significant changes, including the removal of deprecated functions and changes to how code works.
  Because of this, many PHP applications that were written for PHP 5 and PHP 7 may not work correctly with PHP 8. This includes WordPress, which will fix most (but not all) PHP 8 compatibility issues in version 5.6 that will be released on December 8.
  PHP 8 is not be included into the “Recommended” installation set and won’t be installed on new servers or when updating to Plesk Obsidian 18.0.32.
• DNS Helper - a new feature meant to help users understand that their domain does not resolve to the server’s IP address and is inaccessible over the internet, and also to make it easier for them to make their domain resolve correctly. The feature will be rolled out to Plesk servers in waves. To enable it manually, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:
  [dns]
  showDnsHelper = true
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• Added the support for ModSecurity 3 to NGINX. ModSecurity 2.9 + Apache remains, for now, the recommended option. To switch to ModSecurity 3 + NGINX , go to “Tools&Settings” > “Web Application firewall”.
  • Switching to ModSecurity 3 may hinder your existing applications. We strongly recommend trying ModSecurity 3 out on a test server before switching your production environment to that version.
  • At the moment you can only choose the OWASP ruleset in the Plesk UI for ModSecurity 3. You can download the Comodo ruleset and upload it to Plesk as a custom ruleset. We plan to make it possible to enable the Comodo ruleset for ModSecurity 3 directly from the Plesk UI in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.33.
  • You can disable switching to ModSecurity 3 by adding the following lines to the panel.ini file:
    [modSecurity] webServer.nginx = Off
• This version introduces a guided onboarding workflow to help new users create their first website right after the new server initialization stage. Users can choose to start with a WordPress website, a PHP application, or a static HTML/CSS website. They can upload a website they already have or choose a sample website provided with Plesk. To disable this function, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:
  
  [ext-onboarding]
  enabled = 0

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• more than 40 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Added a new CLI command plesk checkupgrade in both Plesk for Linux and Plesk for Windows. Running the command before updating Plesk checks for issues that may prevent the server from updating safely.

Security and Third-party Components​

• Plesk no longer assigns the system privilege “Replace a process level token” to IIS users created by Plesk. We believe this to be a more secure configuration, despite it being recommended by Microsoft.
• Plesk also explicitly removes the privilege “Impersonate a client after authentication” from IIS_IUSRS group. We believe this to be a more secure configuration, despite it being recommended by Microsoft.

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Updated PHP used by sw-engine to version 7.3.25.
• (Linux) Updated ionCube loader for PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and also for PHP used by Plesk to version 10.4.5.
• (Windows) ASP.NET Core 5.0 is now supported!
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.10.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.23.
• (Windows) Updated PHP used by plesk-engine to version 7.4.13.
• (Windows) Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.8.
• (Windows) Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.27.
• (Windows) Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.19.1.
• (Windows) Updated Git to version 2.29.2.2.

Components deprecation

• The File Sharing and Bandwidth Limiting (mod_bw) component has been removed. Learn more
• As of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.32, Internet Explorer 11 support has been deprecated and will be removed in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.33. Learn more.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has entered the vendor end of support phase. Plesk Obsidian 18.0.32 is the last Plesk Obsidian version that supports that OS. Learn more.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.33!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• MySQL 8 support! Plesk now supports MySQL 8 as the local (Plesk for Linux) and the remote database server. To learn how to switch the Plesk local database server to MySQL 8 or to perform a clean installation of Plesk on a server with MySQL 8, refer to this KB article.
• Added Brotli support to NGINX! Brotli compression is enabled by default on new installations and during Plesk update.
  To disable Brotli on a single domain, specify brotli off; in additional nginx directives.
  To disable Brotli globally, either specify brotli off; in /etc/nginx/conf.d/yy000_brotli_tweaks.conf or run the plesk bin nginx -d brotli command.
• It is now possible to hide the controls related to Plesk updates (“Check for updates” and the “Update Plesk” buttons/links) on the Home page (in Service Provider view) and on the Websites & Domains screen (in Power User view).

To hide the controls, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[updates]
showControls = false

• It is now possible to hide plesk.com in the Plesk page footer. To do so, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[promos] pleskFooter = false

• Added the “Database management” checkbox to Restricted Mode. Selecting the checkbox hides the “Database management” controls in the Plesk interface and prohibits the database management.
• The manual setup of email clients now shows the information about the required mail ports and their differences.
• Improved the Plesk interface and texts on the “DNS Settings” (domains) and DNS Template > Zone Settings Template (the Plesk server) screens. It should more clear now which field manages the default TTL value for the zone.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• more than 40 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Updated Dovecot to version 2.3.11.3.
• (Linux) Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.3.26.
• (Linux) Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.10.
• (Windows) Updated the Plesk Perl package to version 5.30.3.
• (Windows) Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1i.
• (Windows) Updated Git to version 2.29.2.3.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.2.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.11.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.24.
• (Windows) Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.20.1.
• (Windows) Updated Node.js 10 to version 10.23.1.
• (Windows) Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.14.

Components deprecation

• Dropped support for Internet Explorer 11, which reached end of life.
• Dropped support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Dropped support for Apache 2.2 and Apache mod_rpaf module (as a part of the change mentioned above)
• Marked PHP 7.2 as outdated because it reached end of life.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.34!

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• Added Brotli support on Windows! Besides Plesk Obsidian for Linux, BROTLI compression is now available out of the box for our Microsoft Windows environments as well.

• Speed up initial configuration and post-installation process. After intense profiling of the Plesk initial configuration process we have optimized several parts and achieved a 8 seconds faster setup time!​

• File Manager​

  • Added the Recycle Bin to File Manager. Users can now restore files deleted by mistake from the Recycle Bin.
    The Recycle Bin is turned off by default. To turn it on, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:
    [fileManager]
    trash.enabled = true
    trash.folder = .trash ; the name of the the Recycle Bin folder
    
    The Recycle Bin appears when a user deletes a file and chooses not to delete it permanently.
  • We embedded “image previews” natively which does not require a separate Plesk Extension to be installed anymore
  • We have resolved CentOS/RHEL specific issues with RAR archives, so end-customers can extract RAR archives without any restrictions
• The “DNS Helper” and “Publicly resolvable temporary domain name” features introduced in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.32 will be enabled by default strating with Plesk Obsidian 18.0.34. To disable the features, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:
  [dns]
  enableResolveChecking = false ; disables resolve checking
  showDnsHelper = false ; hides DNS Helper
  [techDomain]
  subdomain.enabled = false ; removes the ability to create technical domains

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Improved Plesk UI notifications on ModSecurity rule set updates.
• Handle Issue with Comodo Free download repository availability.
• Apache graceful restart is now more stable and less likely to break Apache during log rotation.
• Plesk now shows only actually installed Apache module versions in **Tools & Settings** > **Apache Web Server** (under "General Settings").
• The `plesk repair mail <domain>` command can now repair a mailbox even if the mailbox automatic reply contains non-ASCII characters.
• It is now possible to connect to a Plesk server connected to Active Directory via FTP using just the login and password of an FTP user
• More than 40 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.11.
• (Linux) Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.3.27.
• (Linux) Updated Postfix to version 3.5.9.
• (Linux) Updated Horde to fix a [security issue](NVD - CVE-2021-26929). We strongly recommend that you update Plesk.
• (Linux) Updated IMP to version 6.2.27.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.3.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.12.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.25.
• (Windows) Updated Horde PHP to version 7.3.
• (Windows) Updated Horde IMP to version 6.2.27.
• (Windows) Updated the Horde_Text_Filter library to version 2.3.7.
• (Windows) Updated Git to version 2.30.0.2.
• (Windows) Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.15.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.35!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• AlmaLinux OS support for new installations! AlmaLinux is an open-source RHEL fork built by the team at CloudLinux, inspired by the community. Note: At the moment, Plesk does not support in-place conversion from CentOS 8, we plan to implement this scenario a bit later in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.36.
• File Manager

Upload directories.

(Plesk for Linux) Change file permissions recursively(Plesk for Windows has supported that already).

File Manager can now display SVG files.

• Speed up the domain creation process. The time for a website creation reduced by 4 seconds on average.
• Plesk Usability Improvements
  • Improved the interface of Dynamic List view. It is now easier to distinguish one domain card from another because we made the separating lines more distinct.
  • Improved the “Add Domain” page. Plesk now automatically fills in the system user name and password boxes. We have also removed the password confirmation box.
  • The “Mail Server Settings” page in Tools & Settings now shows a hint how to enable DKIM signing for an external DNS server. The hint shows the exact DNS records users need to add to the DNS server.
  • Improved an error message shown when IP addresses registered in Plesk do not match those set up on the server and this mismatch caused an issue with the web server. The message now contains the link to the KB article with the steps on how to fix the issue.
    

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• More than 40 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Dropped support for Ubuntu 16.04. This OS reaches vendors "End of Standart Support" on April 2021
• (Linux) Updated phpMyAdmin to version 5.1.0.
• (Linux) Updated Fail2ban to version 0.11.2
• (Linux) Updated ProFTPD to version 1.3.7a.
• (Windows) Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are now installed with PHP 8.0.
• (Windows) Updated Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server to version 17.7.1.1.
• (Windows) Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.21.0.
• (Windows) Updated Node.js 10 to version 10.24.0.
• (Windows) Updated Git to version 2.30.2.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.4.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.13.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.26.
• (Windows) Updated BIND to version 9.16.13.
• (Windows) Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1k.
• (Windows) Updated SpamAssassin to version 3.4.5.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.36!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• File Manager

Ability to upload files from remote servers by specifying the file URL. Now end-users can upload the necessary file just by providing the URL where the file is located.

• Plesk Usability Improvements
  • Progress screen for adding customer/subscription/domain. Instead of a simple “Please wait” spinner in previous versions we added a cool progress screen that brings clarity to what's happening during the process in Plesk.
  • Redesign of “Add Domain“ / ”Add Subscription” page. We reworked the “Add Domain“ / ”Add Subscription” screen making this operation laconic and clear, without any optional details (which are pre-filled and available in a collapsed section).
• Hosting Improvements
  • It is now possible to install WordPress on CloudLinux used with the ALT-PHP handlers.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• More than 40 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.18.

• Linux​

  • Updated nginx and sw-cp-server to version 1.20.1.
  • Updated the sw-cp-server components: nginx-dev-kit to version 0.3.1 and lua-nginx-module to version 0.10.19.
  • Updated Phusion Passenger to version 6.0.8.
  • Updated Dovecot and Pigeonhole to versions 2.3.14 and 0.5.14 respectively.
  • Updated Xdebug to version 3.0.4.
• Windows
  • Updated BIND to version 9.16.15.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.6.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.15.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.28.
  • Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.22.1.
  • Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.10.
  • Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.29.
  • Updated SQLite to version 3.35.4.
  • Updated Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server to version 17.7.2.1.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.37!

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• web-based SSH client. Access the server from Plesk via a secure web-based SSH client. Available to both the Plesk administrator and subscription owners. To use the SSH client, install the SSH Terminal extension.

• Mail Log browser. Access the maillog to check and troubleshoot the mail service. Check the statuses of all emails sent to and from your server. To use this feature, install the Mail Log Browser extension

Plesk Usability Improvements

• Connection Info. Clicking it opens a drawer where users can easily view and change access information for FTP/SSH accounts and databases.

• Clicking “Add Customer” now opens a drawer on the same page instead of going to a separate page. This should make the customer creation workflow faster and easier.
• The PHP version currently in use for a domain is now shown below the “PHP Settings” button to make it easier to read at a glance.
• Links to “Backup Manager” and “Scheduled Tasks” can now be found on the domain card as well as in the right sidebar. This should make these features easier to locate and access.

Mail Hosting Improvements

• Added the option to automatically remove emails forwarded from a mailbox in Plesk. The feature is disabled by default. To enable it, go to “Mail”, click the desired mailbox, open the “Forwarding” tab and select the “Do not deliver copies of forwarded emails to the Plesk mailbox” checkbox.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Dovecot now reloads the configuration files instead of restarting whenever a mail certificate is renewed. This should resolve the issue with IMAP/SMTP connections often being closed without warning on Plesk servers hosting many domains.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.
We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Linux​

  • Updated sw-engine PHP to version 7.4.21.
  • Updated ProFTPD to version 1.3.7b.
  • Updated Courier-IMAP to version 5.1.3.
  • Updated Updated Dovecot and Pigeonhole to versions 2.3.15 and 0.5.15 respectively.
  • Updated phpMyAdmin to version 5.1.1.
  • Dropped support for MySQL versions earlier than 5.1.
• Windows
  • Updated plesk-engine PHP to version 7.4.21.
  • Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.22.3.
  • Updated Git for Windows to version 2.32.0.
  • Updated MailEnable Standard to version 10.34.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.7.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.16.
  • Dropped support for MySQL versions earlier than 5.5.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.38!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Panel Improvements​

• Significantly increased transfer speed for the SFTP Backup extension. Now the transfer speed is similar to "scp" utility (3-4x faster than it was before).
• The "Recycle Bin" functionality in the File Manager is turned on by default for all Plesk installations.
• Domains can now be sorted by Traffic usage in Service Provider view.
• Several UI locations including File Manager are reworked for fast and fluid navigation.
• Plesk helps to configure DNS correctly: instructions for the most popular DNS registrars.
• Improved the Plesk Dynamic List view to make it easier to navigate to and focus on individual domains.
• The WordPress tab in Dynamic List view offers shortcuts to the most useful/popular features for WordPress sites..

• Starting from September 15th, 2021, the "Web SSH Terminal" functionality will be enabled by default. With this feature, all admins gain root access to the server. Learn how to disable root access.
• Starting from September 15th, 2021, the "Mail Log Browser" functionality will be enabled by default.

Hosting Improvements​

• Node.JS. The Node.js extension now provides support for LTS versions 14.x, 12.x, and 10.x. The corresponding versions will be installed, and if they are already installed, updated to the latest release.
• Plesk on cloud (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Alibaba, Lightsail, and Digital Ocean) now automatically re-maps private IP addresses if they change after server restart.
• (Linux) Mail sent via the mail command is now signed with DKIM/Domainkeys if the sender’s domain name is the same as the server’s hostname and DKIM/Domainkeys are enabled for it. (PPPM-6690)
• (Linux) Improved mail logging to make troubleshooting mail-related issues easier.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Linux​

  • Updated ModSecurity to version 3.0.5.
  • Updated OWASP ModSecurity CRS to version 3.2.0.
  • Updated sw-engine PHP to version 7.4.22.
• Windows
  • Updated MariaDB to version 10.3.31
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.9.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.18.
  • Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.30.

 

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Hello,

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.39 is now Available!

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.39
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

The updated 'Add Domain' workflow in Plesk (beta testing)​

The screen to choose ways of creating a website is ready for beta testing now.

To see the new screen, enable it using the following panel.ini option:

[domainManagement]
applicationWizard.enabled = true

The number of available options is fully customizable using panel.ini configuration file:

• [domainManagement] applicationWizard.blankSite = false; disables 'Blank website' option
• [domainManagement] applicationWizard.uploadFiles = false; disables 'Upload Files' option
• [ext-wp-toolkit] enableOnSiteApplicationWizard = false; disables 'WordPress site' option
• [ext-git] enableOnSiteApplicationWizard = false; disables 'Deploy using Git' option
• [ext-panel-migrator] enableOnSiteApplicationWizard = false; disables 'Import website' option

We would love to hear your feedback about this improvement. Please send us your feedback to [email protected].

Dedicated PHP-FPM Handlers on Plesk for Linux​

Plesk introduces dedicated PHP-FPM handlers for Apache and Nginx.
A website owner can set a dedicated PHP-FPM handler for a website that increases stability and site isolation in Plesk.

Rotation Settings for the Recycle Bin in the File Manager​

To avoid possible issues of disk space over usage, we've added files rotation to the Recycle bin in the File Manager.

There are two options enabled by default:

• Rotation by size. The option deletes new files as long as the specified limit for the recycle bin is exceeded. The default value is 5Gb.
• Rotation by date. The option deletes files stored in the recycle bin for more than a specified number of days. The default value is 30 days.

The following panel.ini options are available:

Panel Usability Improvements​

• The Plesk administrator, customers, and resellers now have a more concise interface delivered by the right sidebar collapsed by default.
• The Plesk login and default pages now contain the link to the "How to log in to Plesk?" article.
• Improved the loading speed of the “Databases”, “DNS Settings”, “Subscription”, and “Domain” overview pages.
• Enhanced the Help menu for Plesk administrators by including links to KB articles, release notes, Plesk Facebook community, and so on.
• Sped up the website, subscription, and customer creation processes. (PPP-54306)

Hosting Improvements​

• Plesk for Windows now supports Windows Server 2022.
• Plesk on Cloud now automatically updates its public IP address if it was changed after the server reboot. As a result, Plesk Panel and customers' websites will keep available.
  This improvement works for Plesk on Alibaba Cloud, Amazon EC2, Amazon Lightsail, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
• (Plesk for Linux) The `plesk-modsecurity` jail in Fail2Ban now works if a domain uses Nginx-only hosting.
• (Plesk for Linux) As a part of the GDPR compliance changes, made the statistics Webalizer and AWstats collect more accurate.
• The Google Drive Backup extension now has different modes for configuring personal and shared drives.
  We made this improvement to comply with the updated Google policy of external applications that access Google users' data.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.
• (Plesk for Linux) Plesk now signs outgoing emails sent via WordPress with DKIM even WordPress uses an unauthenticated SMTP server.
• (Plesk for Linux) Plesk now performs a deferred Apache restart using the systemd timers.
• (Plesk for Linux) Webmail clients now use PHP 7.4 shipped with Plesk by default.
• (Plesk for Linux) For security reasons, the default Roundcube spell checker is now disabled in Plesk by default.
• (Plesk for Windows) Dropped the possibility of downloading database backup files.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.24.

Linux​

• Updated ProFTPD to version 1.3.7c.
• Updated OpenSSL used by Nginx to version 1.1.1l.

Windows​

• Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.22.6.
• Updated Node.js 10 to version 10.24.1.
• Updated Git to version 2.33.0.2.
• Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1l.

 

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Hi,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.40 is now available!

Highlights for the current build​

Improved Plesk Backup compression backend​

Replaced Gzip with ZSTD as the default compression method for backup and restore operations in Plesk. On multi-CPU servers, depending on the type of data being backed up, this provides the following benefits:

• Reduces the backup size by up to 20%.
• Reduces the CPU load by up to 25%.
• Reduces the backup creation time by up to 2x (fast), and by up to 4x (fastest), based on the compression level.

The desired compression level can be set in “Tools&Settings” > “Backup Manager” > “Settings”. The ‘Fast’ level is set by default.

Plesk Backup security improvement for Google Drive Backup.
If you are using Google Drive Backup Plesk extension to create backups on a shared drive belonging to a corporate account, you need to do the following to be able to make backups (users with personal drives are unaffected):

• Re-register the drive and explicitly set its type to “Shared”.
• Make sure your administrator has marked the Plesk Backup Corporate application as trusted.

Hosting Features​

• Added the ability to disable automatic HTTP > HTTPS redirection for webmail. To enable it, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[mail]
webmail.forceHttp = true

On Plesk for Windows, to disable automatic HTTP > HTTPS webmail redirection for existing domains, run the plesk repair web -webmail command.

• On Linux: Outgoing Mail Control feature can now also count the number of individual recipients (TO, CC, and BCC) instead of just email messages.

This closes an abusable loophole that allows users to send a bulk email by specifying a large number of recipients (the current Outgoing Mail Control logic counts each individual email as just one message sent, no matter how many recipients the email is sent to). To switch Outgoing Mail Control from counting messages to counting recipients (and vice versa), run the plesk bin mailserver --set-outgoing-messages-count-recipients <true|false> command (the change is server wide). (PPM-7181).

• On Windows: Added the option to automatically remove emails forwarded from a mailbox in Plesk. This option was added for Linux servers already.

Deployment​

• Removed a number of Plesk extensions from the Plesk Installer due to low usage.These extensions are still available from the Extensions Catalog:
  • Skins and Color Schemes
  • Domain Connect
  • Social Login

In addition, the Plesk Cgroups Manager extension was removed from the “Recommended” preset, and the Site Import extension was added to the “Recommended” preset.

• Plesk Administrator should explicitly specify their country of residence in their profile.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.
• (Plesk for Linux) Specifying custom values for both the proxy_read_timeout nginx directive and max_execution_time PHP setting for the same domain results in the max_execution_time value being substituted for the proxy_read_timeout value (e.g., adding proxy_read_timeout 1800; to “Apache&Nginx Settings” > “Additional Nginx directives” and setting max_execution_time to 90 in “PHP Settings” will result in proxy_read_timeout being set to 90 in the nginx configuration file for the domain in question). (PPPM-12599)

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated sw-engine PHP to version 7.4.26.

Linux​

• Updated Dovecot and Pigeonhole to versions 2.3.17 and 0.5.17, respectively.

Windows​

• Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.11.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.20.
• ASP.NET Core 2.1 is no longer shipped with Plesk.
• Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.13.
• Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.32.
• The “WebDAV Publishing” IIS role service is no longer added during Plesk installation.
• Updated Horde PHP to version 7.4.

 

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Hi,

I'm glad to inform that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.41 is now Available!

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.41
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting Improvements​

• PHP 8.1 is now available for easy installation to host websites on Plesk.
• Rocky Linux is now supported, both for new Plesk Obsidian installations and for in-place conversion from CentOS 8: Rocky Linux
• Plesk can now be installed on Ubuntu 20 servers running on ARM-based platforms (as a Beta version with certain limitations). Read more about the ARM architecture in the article.
• MariaDB 10.6 is now supported.
• (Windows only) .NET 6.0 support.

Panel Improvements​

• Cgroups Manager is now a free-to-use feature and a welcome addition to the Plesk Web Pro and Web Host editions. Read more about this feature.
• Context promos for a number of Plesk extensions have been removed from the “DNS Settings”, “Updates & Upgrades Settings”, “Email Addresses”, “Mail Server Settings”, and “Backup Manager” screens.
• (Linux) Added the ability to add custom headers to emails sent via the Plesk auto-reply mechanism from the Plesk interface (“Tools&Settings” > “Mail Server Settings” > “Extra auto-reply headers”). In addition, the “Auto-Submitted: auto-replied (vacation)” header in now added by default.
• Added the ability to switch outgoing mail control from counting individual messages to counting the total number of recipients from the Plesk interface (“Tools&Settings” > “Mail Server Settings” > turn on limitations on outgoing email messages > “Count a number of recipients instead of messages”).
• Added the plesk bin action-log CLI utility. The utility can be used to extract action log entries in raw or JSON format, and also to manage action log rotation settings. See how to use the utility in Plesk for Linux and Windows
• Decreased the page load time for a number of the most popular screens in Plesk. Transitions to the following screens are now up to 400% faster:
  • DNS Settings (-400%)
  • Websites & Domains (-15%)
  • Domains (-15%)
  • File Manager (-10%)
  • PHP Settings (-28%)
  • Web Hosting Access (-25%)
  • Hosting Settings (-7%)
• Added the ability to control the logging level of XML-RPC requests and responses. To change the logging level, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:
  [log]
  filter.priority = 6
  
  The valid values range from 0 to 7. The higher the number, the more detailed the log, with 7 being “debug”, 6 being “info”, and so on. See Zend Debug Levels for more information.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Improved the stability of the Extensions Catalog.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Linux​

• Updated PHP used by sw-engine to version 7.4.27.
• Updated nginx and the sw-cp-server service to version 1.20.2.
• Updated Phusion Passenger to version 6.0.12.
• Updated Dovecot to version 2.3.17.1.
• Updated Pigeonhole to version 0.5.17.1.
• Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.13.
• Updated ModSecurity 3 to version 3.0.6.
• Updated ModSecurity 2 to version 2.9.5.

Windows​

• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.1.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.13.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.22.
• Updated PHP used by plesk-engine to version 7.4.27.
• Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.22.7.
• Updated Git to version 2.34.1.
• Updated BIND to version 9.16.23.
• Updated ModSecurity to version 2.9.5.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.42 is publicly available since March 01.
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.42
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting Improvements​

• Debian 11 is now supported. There are certain limitations. You can use the dist-upgrade procedure to upgrade your OS from Debian 10 to Debian 11.
• On Plesk servers using BIND as the DNS server, it is now possible to specify additional DNS server parameters using named.conf syntax. To do so, enter them in the newly added “Additional DNS settings” field (found on the “Tools & Settings” > “DNS Settings” > “Server-wide Settings” screen). These parameters override all other server-wide parameters configured elsewhere.
• Kaspersky Antivirus has been converted from a Plesk component to an extension and excluded from the “Recommended” preset. As a result, the size of the Plesk distributable decreased by 35%, which will lead to faster downloads and shorter installation times. This change will not impact servers with Kaspersky Antivirus installed in any way.
• Added the option to restrict the ability to create backup to the Plesk administrator. To prevent users other than the administrator from creating, uploading, or scheduling backups in Plesk, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:
  [pmm]
  manageBackupsByAdminOnly = true
  
  Note that scheduled backups already configured by users other than the administrator will continue to run.
• Plesk now treats cloud servers runnng on ARM processors as KVM virtualization allowing for the use of VPS license keys.

Panel Improvements​

• Speed up navigation in Plesk User Interace. We continue our efforts to keep Plesk User Interface fast and responsive.
  • Most of the tabs on the subscription overview page (Websites & Domains, Mail, Files, Databases, Statistics, and Users) now open up to half a second faster.
  • Transitions from the “PHP settings” screen now happen up to 40% faster.
• A link to a video describing the process of managing DNS records in Plesk has been added to the “DNS Helper” wizard.
• On Plesk servers with the “Joomla! Toolkit” extension installed, the option to create a website with the latest Joomla! version installed has been added to the “Add Domain” wizard.
• The Video Tutorials section of the Plesk Documentation Portal has been populated with a host of new video tutorials giving step-by-step explanations for the most common Plesk use cases.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Linux​

• Updated phpMyAdmin to version 5.1.3.
• Updated Courier-IMAP to versions 5.1.7.
• Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1m.
• Updated Dovecot and Pigeonhole to versions 2.3.18 and 0.5.18, respectively.
• Updated Postfix to version 3.5.14.
• Updated RRDtool to version 1.7.2.
• Updated Logrotate to version 3.19.0.

Windows​

• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.2.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.14.
• Updated Node.js to version 12.22.9.
• Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.15.
• Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.34.
• Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are now shipped with PHP 8.1.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.43 is now Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.43
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

The new 'Add Domain' screen is enabled by default for new installations.​

This screen provides additional domain creation options:

• Create a blank site.
• Create a WordPress site.
• Upload content using File Manager after the website’s creation.
• Connect a Git repository.
• Import the website from another hosting.

To disable it, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[domainManagement]
applicationWizard.enabled = false

Improved Node.js support​

• Node.js applications now write their logs to separate log files that can be viewed in the Log Browser.
• Plesk users granted shell access (even chrooted) can now execute certain Node.js commands (like nvm use or npm install) straight from the shell.
• The Node.js extension now supports the Yarn package manager (along with already supported npm).
• The Node.js extension now automatically deletes downloaded Node.js archives from the cache directory.

Beta version of Laravel Toolkit​

On Plesk for Linux, we introduced a beta version of the [Laravel Toolkit extension](Laravel Toolkit) that allows you to manage Laravel applications running on your Plesk server:

• Scan and automatically connect Laravel websites to Laravel Toolkit. That way you can manage them using the Plesk interface.
• Get your Laravel applications from a remote Git repository and deploy them.
• Automatically update Laravel applications using Git webhooks.
• Manage the .env file using the graphical user interface (GUI).
• Run artisan and composer commands without having to access the shell.

DNS Improvement​

The "notify-to-soa” option support​

On Plesk servers using BIND as the DNS server, the “notify-to-soa” option is now in effect. This ensures that the NS server specified as the primary master name server for a DNS zone in the zone’s SOA record is sent NOTIFY messages. This is useful in “hidden master” scenarios where the master NS server is not listed at the registrar and does not have an NS record in the DNS zone, and a slave NS server is listed in the SOA record instead.

New Password Strength Validator​

Fine-tuned the password strength validator in Plesk to make it better at accurately evaluating the strength of passwords generated by third-party applications and services.

The feature is disabled by default because it may affect the automatic password generation scripts that must meet the new requirements. To enable the updated password strength validator, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[passwordManagement]
estimator = zxcvbn

The feature will be enabled by default in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.45. Read more about this feature.

Panel Improvements​

• Increased the speed of switching between domains by up to 25% while using the File Manager or the domain card.
• Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Linux​

• Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1n.

Windows​

• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.3.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.15.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.23.
• PHP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5 are no longer shipped with Plesk.
• Updated Node.js to version 12.22.11.
• Updated libxslt to version 1.1.35.
• Updated zlib to version 1.2.12.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.44 is now Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.44
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Laravel Toolkit for web developers​

We are glad to introduce the production version of the Laravel Toolkit extension. Added the following improvements to the extension:

• Use the extension in Plesk for Windows.
• Deploy a Laravel skeleton application on a domain.
• Create a website with the latest Laravel version with just a few clicks (Websites & Domains > Add Domain > Laravel site).
• Introduced the new “Deployment” section that makes it possible to use custom scripts to deploy applications.
• View the extension logs in Log Browser.
• (Plesk for Linux) Run artisan and composer commands without having to specify the whole path.
• Enjoy smoother transitions between screens with introduced content placeholders. When Plesk loads application cards as well as Composer and Artisan sections, you can now see their rough skeletons.
• Multiple UX improvements.

Easy PHP CLI execution from SSH console.​

• Finally, PHP CLI commands in SSH console under website users are executed with the same PHP that is configured on the website instead of PHP from the Operating System.

Note: To propagate and turn on the feature for all subscriptions, run the plesk bin php_settings --update-all command.

The feature works for Plesk PHP handlers only. It does not work for custom PHP handlers and CloudLinux with CageFS.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Support​

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) is now supported by Plesk 18.0.44 and further Plesk Obsidian releases!

All necessary info is available in the following KB Article, including Limitations and our recommendations for a dist-upgrade from Ubuntu 20 with Plesk.

Hosting and Panel improvements​

• The new “Add Domain” screen is now enabled by default. Learn more about this improvement.
• It is now possible to change IP addresses of subscriptions with “Forwarding” and “No hosting” types.
• Made the transitions between domain cards smoother by introducing content placeholders: when Plesk loads a domain card, users now see its rough skeleton.
• The /root/.my.cnf file that contains the password for the MySQL console client no longer blocks Plesk automatic updates.
• The interface in Power User View is now always set to “All webspaces” unless users select the desired webspace themselves. As soon as the Plesk administrator creates the second webspace, they now see a hint on how to switch between webspaces.
• It is now possible to customize the client_max_body_size nginx the directive in the Plesk interface, via the CLI, and via the XML API.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.29.
• Updated libcurl to version 7.83.0.

Windows​

• Updated POCO to version 1.11.2.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.5.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 5.0 to version 5.0.17.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.25.
• ionCube Loader is no longer shipped with Plesk due to reorganization of 3rd party component shipment with Plesk, installation of ionCube will be automated in one of the upcoming releases in scope of installation of PHP components feature.
  To use ionCube Loader, install it manually.
  Note: The already installed ionCube Loader component continues to work but PHP updates no longer update the component.
• Excluded the myLittleAdmin component from the “Full Installation” preset and marked the component as outdated.
  Note:The vendor does not support myLittleAdmin since 2013. Using outdated components is not secure. You can still install the component at your own risk by doing the following:
  • (During Plesk installation) Select the “Custom” installation type and then select myLittleAdmin.
  • (After Plesk installation) Run the plesk installer add --component mylittleadmin command.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.45 is now Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.45
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Website Log Check​

We are glad to introduce new tool to keep your website healthy!

You can use it to scan web server logs for evidence of common issues, see how often a specific issue occurs, and get suggestions about ways to resolve them. Learn more about Website Log Check.



Check the report to see if known hosting issues affect your websites.


Investigate issue, check when it occurred, see logfile path and the example of matching error pattern, use recommended solutions to fix it.


To enable the feature, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[websitesDiagnostic] enabled = true

Laravel Toolkit​

We are glad to introduce the production version of the Laravel Toolkit extension.
Added the following improvements to the extension:

- Node.js and Package Manager support - call npm from Plesk GUI.
- Laravel Scheduled Tasks support.

.NET Toolkit (Linux)​

We are glad to introduce the beta version of the .NET Toolkit extension. This extension enables you to:

• Run ASP.NET Core applications on your Plesk for Linux server.
• Use .NET 6 Core out of the box.
• View the extension logs in Log Browser.
• Configure environment variables.

Hosting and Panel improvements​

• Use prepared email address for Plesk notifications to avoid anti-spam false positive checks.

Plesk administrator can now specify a custom email address to be used as a mail relay (the address will be used as the sender address for all Plesk email notifications found in “Tools & Settings” > “Notifications”). Using an email address with a properly configured domain (DKIM, SPF records, etc.) would ensure that the notifications would not be treated as spam. To do so, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[notification]
senderAddress=<custom email address>

• Added the ability to manually clear nginx cache for websites with nginx caching enabled, both via the GUI and using the plesk bin domain_pref --reset-nginx-cache <domainName> command.
• Upload a custom favicon in Plesk via the GUI. To do so, go to “Tools & Settings” > “Branding” (under “Plesk Appearance”). In addition, the custom favicon is no longer reset to default when updating Plesk.
• Ability to sort the list of domains by creation date.
• Dropped support for Debian 9.
• The nginx ModSecurity ruleset from Comodo in now available in Plesk (on Linux).
• To help Plesk users in India comply with the new data law, Plesk now provides a script that can be used to copy Plesk log files to a different server for long-term storage. Learn more and download the latest version of the script here.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated Logrotate to version 3.20.1.

Windows​

• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.6.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.26.
• ASP.NET Core 5.0 is no longer shipped with Plesk.
• Updated PHP used by plesk-engine to version 7.4.30.
• Updated MariaDB 10.6 to version 10.6.8.
• Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.16.
• Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.35.
• Updated boost to version 1.79.0.
• Updated libcurl to version 7.83.1.
• Updated Turba to version 4.2.27.
• Updated BIND to version 9.16.30.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.46 is now Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.46
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Laravel Toolkit​

Application deployment improvements

• Choose "Automatic" deployment mode of the application on the “Dashboard” tab in the extension interface to deploy the application after a push to .git repository (if the repository is local) or a webhook call (if the repository is remote).
• Choose "Manual" mode to deploy your application using "Deploy" button in the Laravel Toolkit or the Git extension interface.
• Use a bunch of advanced deployment options right in the Laravel Toolkit interface.
• Enable "maintenance mode" for your application right from Laravel Toolkit interface ("php artisan down" & "php artisan up" commands).
• Use a single webhook for the Git and Laravel Toolkit extensions.

The production version of .NET Toolkit​

.NET Toolkit has passed "Beta" stage and now it's ready for Production use!

• Create a website with the .NET application with just a few clicks (**Websites & Domains** > **Add Domain** > **.NET site**).
• Deploy a .NET skeleton application on a domain.
• Install required .NET versions.
• Reboot your applications right from .NET Toolkit.

.Git extension​

• The extension now deploys files to production websites asynchronously if the deployment was triggered by a webhook.
• Added the run-actions option to the createand update API methods, which enable/disable execution of additional deployment actions.
• Added the async-deploy method to the CLI and XML API. The method invokes the asynchronous deployment of files to the production website.
• Fixed removal of additional deployment actions after disabling them in the Plesk interface.

Log Browser allows troubleshooting system logs in Plesk GUI​

• View the systemd/journalctl logs right in the Plesk Panel web interface.
• Filter logs by priority with new advanced filter form.
• The extension now uses journalctl as the default source of mail logs.

Hosting and Panel improvements​

"Plesk on ARM" version on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is available in production!

• Support of installation of Plesk on Ubuntu 22.04 on ARM arch.
• The image of Plesk on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on ARM arch was published on Oracle Marketplace.
• Updated an AWS image of Plesk for ARM arch from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 version.
• SSH Terminal can be installed on Plesk on ARM arch.
• Important: the support of Plesk on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on ARM arch will be discontinued starting from Plesk 18.0.47 version (September 28th).

RoundCube 1.5 is supported on Plesk for Linux

• Roundcube 1.5 is available on modern Linux distributions and is not available on Centos 7/Rhel 7 and Ubuntu 18.04.

GEO IP configuration is now available for websites with NGINX

• Configure and use GEO IP restrictions using a module for Nginx in Plesk. See the detailed instructions in the guide: (Plesk for Linux) Setting up IP Geolocation for a Website

A number of improvements were made to the Transfer of DNS Records extension

• It is now possible to perform DNS record lookup.
• The extension now supports DNS templates for the Google Workspace and Office 365 services.
• Improved DNS records import algorithm.
• Running the import CLI command no longer fails in Plesk on CentOS.

A number of improvements were made to the Plesk Mobile Center extension

Added the “Reset admin’s password on the next login” checkbox (cleared by default) to the Plesk initialization screen.

Added the ability to hide the entire “Assistance & Troubleshooting” section of the Tools & Settings menu in Restricted Mode.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Windows​

• Updated Node.js 16 to version 16.16.0.
• Node.js 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 are no longer shipped with Plesk.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.8.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.28.
• Updated libcurl to version 7.84.0.

Linux

• Updated sw-engine PHP to version 7.4.30.
• Updated Roundcube to version 1.5.3 (for OSes other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, CloudLinux 7.1, and Ubuntu 18.04).
• Updated Dovecot and Pigeonhole to versions 2.3.19.1 and 0.5.19, respectively.
• Updated RRDtool to version 1.8.0.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.47 is now Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.47
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Panel and Hosting improvements​

• Plesk Obsidian is now available as a cloud image on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. The image is based on Ubuntu 22 and uses the ARM CPU architecture to lower hosting costs.
• Published a new Plesk Obsidian cloud image on Amazon Marketplace. The image is based on Ubuntu 22 and uses the ARM CPU architecture to lower hosting costs.
• The .NET Toolkit extension is now available in Plesk for Windows!
• Roundcube 1.6 is now available on Linux!
• When using the Laravel Toolkit extension, the “Install Composer.json dependencies” step during application deployment is now optional and can be skipped.
• Added the ability to integrate Plesk with different webmail clients to the Plesk SDK.
• Security improvements. Special thanks to Theologos Kokkinellis for reporting the issue.
• Added the ability to see entries from .NET applications’ logs in Plesk Log Viewer to the .NET Toolkit extension.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Windows​

• Updated MariaDB 10.6 to version 10.6.9.
• Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.17.
• Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.36.
• Updated boost to version 1.80.0.

Linux

• Updated Courier-IMAP to version 5.1.8.
• Updated Roundcube to version 1.6.0.
• Updated ProFTPD to version 1.3.7e.
• Updated libcurl to version 7.85.0.
• Updated Turba to version 4.2.29.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.48 is Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Release Notes: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.48

Highlights for the current build​

Panel and Hosting improvements​

• Added support for AlmaLinux 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Note: known limitations are listed in the KB Article

• (Linux only) The Plesk administrator can now install PECL extensions for Plesk and system PHP handlers via the CLI. To see the exact commands, run plesk bin php_handler –-help.

For example:

~# plesk bin php_handler --extension-install mongodb -id plesk-php80-fpm
The PHP extension 'mongodb' was successfully installed.
Note: It is possible to install only those extensions that do not require additional dependencies and are not already provided by Plesk or the system packages of the OS vendor.

• Enhanced the Help menu to make it easier to find Help articles. It is now possible to browse them by categories and search for them directly from the Plesk interface.
• Added the “Access to Laravel Toolkit” and “Access to .Net Toolkit” permissions to service plans. The respective permissions allow customers to use Laravel Toolkit and .Net Toolkit for their websites.
• In Fail2ban, it is now possible to add descriptions to trusted IP addresses.
• Updating Plesk on Cloud images from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The update will take place gradually after release 18.0.48.

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• The Plesk Repair feature in the UI (“Repair All” in Tools & Settings > Diagnose & Repair) and the CLI (plesk repair web) now repairs all websites without making all of them unavailable. Only the website with issues goes offline until it is repaired.
• It is now possible to update Plesk even if some repositories are unavailable. Plesk Update Manager detects and can ignore broken repositories if they are not essential for Plesk to work.
• Removing a PHP handler used by a website no longer blocks users from managing PHP settings. Plesk now also informs about the broken PHP handler on the “PHP settings” screen of the affected domain, in Tools & Settings > PHP settings, and via Plesk UI notifications.
• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Drops and deprecations​

• Dropped support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on the ARM architecture. You can use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS instead.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Windows​

• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.32.
• Updated OWASP ModSecurity CRS to version 3.3.4.
• Updated Node.js 16 to version 16.17.1.
• Updated MailEnable Standard to version 10.42.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.10.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.30.
• Updated BIND to version 9.16.33.
• Updated zlib to version 1.2.13.

Linux

• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.32.
• Updated OWASP ModSecurity CRS to version 3.3.4.
• Updated ModSecurity 3.0 to version 3.0.8.
• Updated ModSecurity 2.9 to version 2.9.6.

 

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Hi,
I'm glad to inform you that PHP 8.2 for websites is now available out-of-the-box for Plesk Obsidian 18.0.48 users! You can install PHP 8.2 using Plesk Updater and enable it for websites as any other PHP version.
Changelog Change Log for Plesk Obsidian

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to inform you that Plesk Obsidian 18.0.49 is Available!
Below are the main deliveries for this release.

Highlights for the current build​

Panel and Hosting improvements​

New pretty and free webmail SOGo is now available! We are glad to introduce the beta version of the SOGo Webmail extension. SOGo is a groupware server that provides a rich AJAX-based Web interface and offers your users a uniform and complete interface to access their information.
After installation of the Extension, you can choose it for any domain you want.


Install and manage PECL PHP extensions right from the Plesk Panel. We've added the ability to install extensions for PHP 7.3 and later handlers using PECL in Plesk web interface. You can manage PHP extensions in Tools & Settings > PHP Settings > choose the desired handler > Manage PECL Packages.
You can also install ionCube PHP Loader for PHP 8.1 and later using the PHP extensions installer.

Going to Plesk Cluster

• Added the ability to run Plesk with a centralized database. The feature is currently in Beta.
• Using NFS shares to store hosted websites’ vhost directories is now supported. To enable this feature, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[webserver]
syncModeOnRemoveConfiguration = true


Small Improvements

• Website favicons are now shown next to website names in Plesk to make it easier to tell them apart.
• It is now possible to add and remove DNS records in a DNS zone via REST API.
• In Dynamic list, for every user session and individual domain, Plesk now keeps open the tab (“Dashboard”, “Hosting & DNS”, “Mail”) that was last selected manually during the session instead of always reverting to the “Dashboard” tab.

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

Windows​

• .NET 7.0 is now supported.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 7.0 to version 7.0.1.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.12.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.32.
• Updated PHP 7.4 to version 7.4.33.
• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.4.33.
• Updated Node.js to version 16.18.1.
• Updated OpenSSL used by Plesk and Plesk Installer to version 1.1.1s.

Linux

• Roundcube 1.5.x and later now runs on PHP 8.0.

 

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Hi,
We are glad to release the anniversary version Plesk Obsidian 18.0.50!

Follow the cat paw prints in Tools & Settings > About Plesk (under “Plesk”) for a surprise

Highlights for the current build​

Panel and Hosting improvements​

Added support for queue workers to the Laravel Toolkit extension!

Laravel website owners can now manage queue jobs out of the box: schedule, monitor, remove, rerun, and so on.

To enable queues in your Laravel project, follow the instructions.


GIT Extension

• In the Git extension, added the ability to select users who can access a local repository via HTTP/HTTPS.

Previously, only the system user had access to all repositories in a subscription. You can now select additional users when creating a local repository or changing the settings of an existing one. These users can pull and push to a local repository via HTTP/HTTPS using their credentials.

• The Git extension now correctly handles moving domains between subscriptions and places the Git directory to the appropriate subscription afterward.

Note Moving domains between subscriptions changes the plesk-git directory password because it must be synced with the subscription’s system user password.

SSL it Extension

• Main screen, which offers a bird’s view of all domains, installed certificates (if any), the certificates’ expiration dates, and certificate authorities. It is now also possible to filter domains by status (valid, expired, self-signed, and so on) and certificate authority.
• SSL It! now shows recommended extensions and TLS versions in the “Settings” drawer.

Small critical Improvements​

• When migrating to a server with a Plesk Web Admin license installed or installing the license, the previous subscription limits are now ignored and treated as unlimited. No actions in command-line interface are required.
• It is now possible to use Atomic Standard and Atomic Advanced ModSecurity rule sets in Plesk on RHEL 8, CloudLinux 8, AlmaLinux 8, and Rocky Linux 8. To enable these rule sets, add the following lines to the panel.ini file:

[modSecurity]
ruleSet.tortix = true
ruleSet.atomic = true

• Significantly improved backup performance for backups stored in the FTP storage: backup upload speed is now ~1.6 times faster, while CPU load decreased by a factor of two.
• Plesk now better handles domains with modern applications installed (for example, Laravel, .NET, and Node.js) while moving the domains between subscriptions.
• Decluttered Dynamic List view and made it easier to navigate through multiple domains:
  • Introduced icons for no-hosting domain types (alias, forwarding, no hosting).
  • Removed the “Type” column.
• Significantly improved backup performance for backups stored in the FTP storage: backup upload speed is now ~1.6 times faster, while CPU load decreased by a factor of two.
• Customers can now create database users on the default server and servers where they already have databases (even if customers do not have the “Database server selection” permission).
• Microsoft SQL Server 2022 is now fully supported (on Windows). Plesk can now detect Microsoft SQL Server 2022 installed locally and allows to create and manage user databases. It is now also possible to do the following:
  • Use Microsoft SQL Server 2022 as a remote database server.
  • Install Microsoft SQL Server 2022 locally using Plesk Installer.
  • Import and export Microsoft SQL Server 2022 databases via the Plesk interface.

Mail Improvements​

• New domains now sign outgoing mail with DKIM. This improvement protects against email spoofing.
  DKIM helps to verify that an email was indeed sent from the domain and no one tampered with the email content in transit. Previously, DKIM was not enabled by default for domains. Spoofed email messages with ‘From address’ forged to display a Plesk domain could pass DKIM and DMARC validation and were not filtered. New domains now have the “Use DKIM spam protection system to sign outgoing email messages” option selected by default.
  Note: This improvement works only for new domains that have their DNS and mail hosting in Plesk.
• New domains now use the DMARC quarantine policy by default. This improvement protects outgoing mail against email spoofing.
  The DMARC policy defines how the receiver should treat email messages depending on the results of DKIM and SPF checks. The new default DMARC policy (v=DMARC1; adkim=s; aspf=s; p=quarantine) strictly enables DKIM and SPF checks. Emails that do not pass these checks are now put in quarantine (moved to the spam folder or flagged as suspicious).
  Note: This improvement works only for new domains that have their DNS and mail hosting in Plesk.

Feature Drops​

• Due to increased phishing attacks, creating websites with publicly resolvable temporary domain names is available only for paid licenses from now on.
• VPS Optimized has been deprecated and will be removed in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.51. Learn more.

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• Dozens of Bug fixes based on our customer's reports.

Security and Third-party Components updates and drops​

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated PHP 8.0 used by Plesk to version 8.0.27.

Windows​

• Node.js 18.12.1 is now supported and shipped with Plesk.
• Updated MailEnable Standard to version 10.43.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 7.0 to version 7.0.2.
• Updated ASP.NET Core 6.0 to version 6.0.13.
• Dropped support for ASP.NET Core 3.1, which reached end of life.
• Updated Git to version 2.39.1.