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(Plesk for Linux) Cgroups Manager – Configuring the Cgroups Manager

Caution: Incorrect configuration of Cgroups Manager can make hosted
websites slower or even unavailable. Please make sure that you have
read and understood the instructions in this topic before making any
changes.

You can configure Cgroups Manager on the following levels:

For a service plan, affecting all subscriptions under the plan.
For a single subscription.

Settings on the subscription level override those on the service plan
level. Add-on plans can not be used to modify the Cgroups Manager
settings.

Once you install and start the service, the following configuration
tools become available:

Tool	Service Plan	Subscription
Plesk Panel (use the Service Provider view)	Go to Service Plans > open the Hosting Plans tab. Click the service plan for which you want to configure Cgroups Manager. Open the RAM, CPU, Disk I/O tab.	Go to Subscriptions. Click the subscription for which you want to configure Cgroups Manager. Click Customize > open the RAM, CPU, Disk I/O tab.
Plesk CLI	Use the `-cgroups*` options of the service_plan utility.	Use the `-cgroups*` options of the subscription_settings utility.
Plesk XML API	See the documentation on Managing Service Plans.	See the documentation on Managing Subscriptions.