Using the Plesk Updater feature you can easily install the necessary updates, control panel add-ons, and even upgrade your control panel to the latest available release in a few steps:
At the Server Administration page click Updater. The control panel connects to the Plesk Update server, retrieves information on the available releases, then analyses the components installed in the system, and displays the lists of available releases and component updates. For each release a brief description of available operations is displayed.
Select the release version that you want to update, or upgrade to. A list of available components appears.
Select the checkboxes corresponding to the components you wish to install and click Install. A confirmation page appears.
Specify the e-mail address. You will be sent a notice by e-mail once update is completed. To confirm installation of the selected components, select the checkbox and click OK. The components/updates you selected will be downloaded and automatically installed in the background mode.
When upgrading to a new control panel version, you will be notified by e-mail of upgrade procedure start and end. The notification message will include the event log and a list of installed packages, if upgrade is successful. However, you may not receive any error notice if your mail server fails. In this case you can check for errors in the autoinstaller.log file located in the /tmp directory on the server hard drive.
All control panel operations are suspended during installation of the so-called “base” packages that affect the control panel’s core functionality.
After upgrading your control panel to a new version you will need to install a new license key. To obtain an appropriate license key, use the License Manager function in the control panel. If you experience any problems, please contact sales@sw-soft.com
By default updates are downloaded from the Plesk Update server. If you prefer updating from a local network storage, you should change the default settings. To do this:
Click Settings.
Select the Local network storage option and specify the URL to the directory where updates reside.
Click OK to apply settings.
You can disable Updater feature and remove the Updater button from the Server Administration page. To do this, use the following MySQL command:
echo 'REPLACE misc SET param="disable_updater", val="true"' | mysql psa -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`
To show the Updater button in the control panel, use the following MySQL command:
echo 'REPLACE misc SET param="disable_updater", val="false"' | mysql psa -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`