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How to install/remove and enable/disable Watchdog?

 
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Question

What is Watchdog?
How to install/remove and enable/disable Watchdog in Plesk?

Answer

The Watchdog extension is a solution that ensures that your server is clean from malware, all services are up and running and there is enough free disk space on the server.

Note: The Watchdog component has been converted to an extension to make it easier to update and implement new features in the future. Updating a Plesk server with the Watchdog component installed to Plesk Obsidian 18.0.67 will seamlessly replace it with the new extension.

Warning: Watchdog is only available in Plesk for Linux, and is not available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, AlmaLinux 9, Debian 11, and Ubuntu 20.04 and later.

Install Watchdog Extension
Uninstall Watchdog Extension
Disable Watchdog Extension
Enable Watchdog Extension
  1. Log into Plesk
  2. Go to Extensions > Extension Catalog and use the search bar to look for Watchdog
  3. Click on Get it free button
  1. Log into Plesk
  2. Go to Extensions > My Extensions > Watchdog
  3. Click the trash button
  1. Log into Plesk
  2. Go to Extensions > My Extensions > Watchdog
  3. Click the disable button
  1. Log into Plesk
  2. Go to Extensions > My Extensions > Watchdog
  3. Click the enable button

Additional information

How to manage Plesk extensions (install, disable, remove, update)

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