Upgrade Guide to Plesk Obsidian

An in-place upgrade is performed within one server environment. To perform an in-place upgrade:

• OS should be supported by its vendor and Plesk

• Installed Plesk version should support upgrade to Plesk Obsidian. The supported versions are:

  • Plesk Onyx 17.0
  • Plesk Onyx 17.5
  • Plesk Onyx 17.8

  If requirements are met, proceed with the upgrade using the method from this article.
  If an earlier version is installed you can either upgrade to Plesk Onyx first if the installed version supports the upgrade to Plesk Onyx path, or Upgrade by transfer (Below).

Upgrade by transfer it is the process of upgrading by moving the current environment to the server with Plesk Obsidian installed. To do so:

• OS should be supported by its vendor and Plesk
• Currently installed Plesk version should support migration to Plesk Obsidian. Currently Plesk for Linux and Windows 8.6 and later are supported

Proceed with the steps from this article to migrate your server to Plesk Obsidian.