Plesk

How to hide IP addresses in Plesk?

Question

How to hide some IP addresses from the list in Tools & Settings > IP Addresses.

Answer

  1. Install Panel.ini editor extension to manage Plesk settings: Home > Extensions

  2. Open extension and under the "Editor" tab add the following lines at the end of the file:

    [ip]
    blacklist="<IP addresses to be hidden>"

    Where <IP addresses to be hidden> is a comma-delimited list of IP addresses you want to hide. You can hide both IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses. For example:

    [ip]
    blacklist="192.168.1.10, 2002:5bcc:18fd:c:f482:d057:9ccf:993D"

  3. Reread IP addresses at Plesk > Tools & Settings > IP Addresses > Reread IP.

Command line + RDP method

  1. Connect to the server via RDP.

  2. Open file %plesk_dir%adminconfpanel.ini. If the file does not exist copy it from %plesk_dir%adminconfpanel.ini.sample

  3. Add the following lines at the end of the file:

    [ip]
    blacklist="<IP addresses to be hidden>"

  4. Reread IP addresses by running the command in CMD:

    C:> plesk bin ipmanage --reread

Additional Information

IP Addresses Management