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How to add an already installed Microsoft SQL server in Plesk

 
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Question

How to add an already installed Microsoft SQL server in Plesk?

Answer

  1. Connect to a server via RDP.

  2. Download and install SQL Server Management Studio.

  3. Open SQL Server Management Studio:

    • Specify a required database server instance as a Server name

    • Select Windows Authentication as an Authentication


      Click Install

  4. Under the database server instance name, expand Security > Logins > right-click on sa to open its  Properties.

  5. Set the required password - it will be used to register the instance in Plesk.

  6. On the same window, click Status and apply the following changes:

    • Permission to connect to database engine: Grant

    • Login : Enabled

      Click Install

  7. In SQL Server Management Studio , right click on the database server instance name > Properties > Security > select SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode and click OK

    Click Install

  8. Start SQL Server Configuration Manager > expand SQL Server Network Configuration > select the database server instance name and enable the following options:

      • Named Pipes
      • TCP/IP

    Note: If this SQL Server instance is installed on a remote Windows Server, allow remote connections by following instructions from this KB article.

  9. In SQL Server Configuration Manager, click SQL Server Services > right-click on the SQL Server instance > Restart.

  10. Log in to Plesk.

  11. Go to Tools & Settings > Database Servers and click Add Database Server

  12. Fill in the fields:
    • Database server type: Microsoft SQL Server

    • Host name or IP address: .SQLEXPRESS

      • " . " is required before a host name. If this SQL Server instance is installed in a different server, specify the IP address, for example 203.0.113.2SQLEXPRESS

      • The correct hostname is a server name from Step 3
    • Administrator's username: sa

    • Administrator's password: the password from Step 5

  13. Click OK.

 

Additional Information

  • Adding and Removing Database Servers | Plesk Obsidian documentation
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