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Deploying Plesk Servers by Cloning

 
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The most efficient way to quickly create virtual servers with Plesk on
demand is cloning virtual servers with Plesk already installed and
properly configured. The basic workflow looks like this:

  1. Install Plesk on a virtual server

  2. Prepare Plesk for cloning, this involves configuring a number of
    parameters using command line interface

    For instructions on how to prepare a Plesk instance for cloning, see
    Preparing Plesk for Linux for Cloning or Preparing
    Plesk for Windows for Cloning
    .

  3. Stop the virtual server and create a snapshot

  4. Use the snapshot to create new virtual servers

This technique is suitable for any modern virtualization solution:
Virtuozzo, Amazon Web Services, KVM, Xen, and so on.

Note: Cloning can also be used for backing up and restoring Plesk servers
and to safely test new features or configurations.

Data Reset During Cloning

In order to ensure that no sensitive information is copied and
disseminated when new Plesk servers are created from a snapshot, all
such data is automatically reset in the course of preparing Plesk for
cloning.

The following data items are reset in the course of cloning a Plesk
server:

  • IP addresses are remapped,
  • GUIDs for clients, domains, service plans, subscriptions, and other
    database entities,
  • Initial configuration information,
  • Plesk certificate created,
  • SSL certificates deleted (only the default certificate, cloning does
    not change user-defined certificates),
  • Backup signature generated,
  • Sessions,
  • Administrator’s password and other passwords (all passwords are
    decrypted, new symmetric key generated, and passwords encrypted again
    with new key),
  • Last check for update time,
  • (Optionally) License key.

The rest of the data remain intact.

Cloning and Plesk Licensing

When deploying new Plesk instances by cloning, you have two options:

  1. Deploy new Plesk instances without a product license key. In this
    case, choose to reset the license when preparing Plesk for cloning.
  2. Have new product license keys issued automatically for the new
    instances. In this case, do not reset the license. Then, before you
    start cloning Plesk, please contact our sales representatives and
    provide the range of IP addresses within which your Plesk instances
    will be installed. Our licensing system will activate Plesk servers
    from this range only.
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