How to make Plesk interface accessible over a hostname/domain without entering the port number

1. Log in to Plesk.

2. Go to Tools & Settings > Customize Plesk URL.

3. Specify the domain that will be used as an entry point to Plesk.

4. Save the changes.

   

1. Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.

2. Use the commands:

   # plesk bin admin –enable-access-domain “server.example.com”

   In this case, if there is a website with the specified name, it will become inaccessible because Plesk panel will be shown.

   # plesk bin admin –enable-access-domain “”

   In this case, the panel will be accessible on any domain hosted on Plesk and not having website and via IP address on HTTPS.

   # plesk bin admin –disable-access-domain

   In this case, the feature will be disabled. Plesk will be accessible via default port 8443 only.

Notes: If Plesk is used under WHMCS and configuration described below is applied, then login from WHMCS to Plesk will not work.

Warning: Fail2ban will be unable to prevent brute-force attempts because an IP address of a client will be 127.0.0.1, which is white-listed by default in Fail2ban configuration.

1. Enable nginx as a reverse-proxy web-server.

2. In Plesk, create a subscription with desired domain name (usually, the hostname). This domain should be resolved from the Internet. In this example, ‘server.example.com’ is used.

3. Enable the option Permanent SEO-safe 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS at Domains > server.example.com > Hosting Settings:

   
   

4. Un-check PHP support at Domains > server.example.com > PHP Settings and apply the changes.

   

5. Go to Domains > server.example.com > Apache & nginx setting > scroll down to the Additional nginx directives field and add the following lines:

   Note: The proxy_pass directive should contain an IP address of the domain.

   location ~ ^/(?!.well-known).*$ {
   proxy_pass https://203.0.113.2:8443;
   port_in_redirect off;
   proxy_set_header Host $host;
   client_max_body_size 2048m;
   }
   proxy_buffer_size 128k;
   proxy_buffers 4 256k;
   proxy_busy_buffers_size 256k;

6. Apply the changes.