Plesk for Windows services logs and configuration files

Question

Where to find Plesk for Windows services logs and configuration files?

Answer

This article's sole purpose is providing information regarding the services that Plesk interacts with. Below you will find the configuration and log file locations of the services, which may be useful during a troubleshooting procedure.

For Plesk on Linux see this article.

Services

• Plesk Management Service
• Plesk SQL Server (MySQL/MariaDB)
• Plesk Installer
• Web Presence Builder
• phpMyAdmin
• myLittleAdmin 2000/2005
• MailEnable
• Named / BIND
• NodeJS
• MySQL/MariaDB (local)
• SpamAssassin
• Dr.Web antivirus
• FTP
• Web Server (IIS)
• AWstats
• Webalizer
• ModSecurity
• Backup Manager
• Plesk Migrator
• Plesk Migration Manager
• Horde
• Health Monitor
• Health Monitor Notification Daemon
• Tomcat (Java)
• WP Toolkit

Plesk Management Service

• Logs:
  • Access log: %plesk_dir%adminlogsW3SVC<IIS site ID>ex<date>.log
  • PHP errors (panel log): %plesk_dir%adminlogsphp_error.log
  • Debug logs: %plesk_dir%adminlogsplesklog_debugXXXXXXXX.log (create DWORD value Debug=1 in HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodePLESKPSA ConfigConfig )
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop plesksrv /Y
  • Start: net start plesksrv && net start poppassd
  • Restart: net stop plesksrv /Y && net start plesksrv && net start poppassd
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%adminconfpanel.ini
  • IIS manager > Sites/Application Pools > PleskControlPanel

Plesk SQL Server (MySQL/MariaDB)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%MySQLData*.err
  • Windows Event Viewer
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop plesksqlserver
  • Start: net start plesksqlserver
  • Restart: net stop plesksqlserver && net start plesksqlserver
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%MySQLmy.ini

Plesk Installer

• Logs:
  • C:ParallelsInstallerautoinstaller3.log
  • C:ProgramDataPleskInstallerautoinstaller3.log

Web Presence Builder

• Logs:

  • Error logs: %plesk_dir%sblogs
  • Install/upgrade logs: %plesk_dir%sbtmp

• Service log:

• %plesk_dir%adminlogsplesklog_sitebuilder.log

• No service control (working on IIS)

• Configuration:

  • %plesk_dir%sbconfig

phpMyAdmin (web interface for MySQL management)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%adminlogsW3SVC<IIS site ID>ex<date>.log
• No service control (working via the plesksrv service).
• Configuration:
  • For Plesk Onyx and Plesk Obsidian below 18.0.30:%plesk_dir%adminhtdocsdomainsdatabasesphpMyAdminconfig.inc.php
  • For Plesk Obsidian 18.0.30 and above: %plesk_dir%phpmyadminconfig.inc.php

myLittleAdmin 2000/2005 (web interface for MSSQL management)

• Configuration:
  • IIS manager > Sites > sqladmin(default) > View Applications > /myLittleAdmin
  • %plesk_dir%MyLittleAdmin
  • %plesk_vhosts%sqladminmyLittleAdmin2005config.xml

MailEnable (mail server)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%Mail ServersMail EnableLogging
  • C:Program Files (x86)Mail EnableLogging (for new installations)
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop meimaps && net stop melcs && net stop memtas && net stop mepops && net stop mepocs && net stop mesptpcs
  • Start: net start meimaps && net start melcs && net start memtas && net start mepops && net start mepocs && net start mesptpcs
  • Restart: net stop meimaps && net stop melcs && net stop memtas && net stop mepops && net stop mepocs && net stop mesptpcs && net start meimaps && net start melcs && net start memtas && net start mepops && net start mepocs && net start mesptpcs
• Configuration:
  • %mailenable_path%AdminMailEnableAdmin.msc - Plesk Obsidian
  • %plesk_dir%Mail ServersMail…