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Notification regarding available Plesk update is not displayed on the main page in Plesk. Is it expected?

Question

The notification regarding an available Plesk update is not displayed on the Home page. Is it expected?

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Answer

Yes, it is expected behavior. The change with notifications was performed in order to optimize the updates rollout progress.

Note: It is recommended to have the Automatic updates option enabled.

To return the notification back, perform the following:

  1. Log into Plesk.

  2. Go to Extensions > My Extensions > Panel.ini Editor > Open.

    Note: It may be required to install the Panel.ini Editor extension.

  3. Switch to the Editor tab.

  4. Scroll down to the bottom and add the lines below to at the end of the file:

    [updates]
    visualNotifications = true

  5. Apply changes.

via CLI

  • For Linux:

    1. Connect to the server via SSH.

    2. Open the file /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini in a text editor. In this example, we are using the vi editor and the command:

      # plesk conf panel.ini

    3. Scroll down to the bottom and add the lines below to at the end of the file:

      [updates]
      visualNotifications = true

    4. Save changes and close the file.

  • For Windows:

    1. Connect to the server via RDP.

    2. Open the file panel.ini located in the folder %plesk_dir%adminconf in any text editor.

      Note: If the panel.ini file does not exist, create it by copying the sample configuration file panel.ini.sample.

    3. Scroll down to the bottom and add the lines below to at the end of the file:

      [updates]
      visualNotifications = true

    4. Save changes and close the file.

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