Question Secure Plesk on Dedicated server

[yiannis yiannis]

Hello

Is there any documentation or step to step guidelines of how to secure both Plesk and Centos7 server?

I've just rented a dedicated server, migrated our account from a share hosting and everything works fine. Before switching nameservers, I'd like to make sure that server will be secured enough.

Thanks in advance

 

[danami]

I don't think that you can just read a few guidelines and secure a server properly. If you aren't a competent system administrator then my recommendation is to hire a professional.

A few recommendations:
1. Use security audit tools and apply any recommendations.
2. Make sure that you lock things down with a good firewall.
3. Make sure that you have mod_security installed with a good ruleset and block repeated triggers.
4. Install and setup a malware scanner on the server.

 

[Bitpalast]

Here are some additional recommendations from Plesk documentation:

https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/advanced-administration-guide-linux/enhancing-security.68755/
https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213928005-Plesk-security-best-practices