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

• Logs:
  • 
%plesk_dir%MySQLData*.err

  • Windows Event Viewer
• Service control: 
  • Stop:
net stop plesksqlserver

  • Start:
net start plesk…