How To Install Plesk Panel on Ubuntu 20.04 Server？

Plesk is a web-based control panel. Generally, when we purchase and use overseas web hosting or servers (such as US servers, Korean servers, etc.), we will come into contact with the Plesk panel. It can be used to manage websites, emails, databases, etc. on the server. . Plesk panel installation is also relatively simple. Linux distributions provide one-click installation commands. This article will introduce how to install Plesk panel on Ubuntu 20.04.

Background conditions: This article uses the INTERNET DATA US VPS server, the operating system is Ubuntu 20.04, and the non-root user with sudo privileges is used to log in to the server.

1. After logging in to the INTERNET DATA US VPS server, you need to set the firewall. Enter the following command in the command line interface to allow access to the Plesk panel network ports (80/tcp, 443/tcp).

$ sudo ufw allow 80/tcp

$ sudo ufw allow 443/tcp

2. Then use the wget utility to download the Plesk panel installation tool.

$ wget http://autoinstall.plesk.com/plesk-installer

3. Modify the relevant permissions of the downloaded script file to make it executable:

$ sudo chmod +x plesk-installer

4. After the permissions are set, you can start to install the tool.

$ sudo ./plesk-installer

During the installation process, there will generally be corresponding prompt information, and we can install it according to the prompt information as needed.

Then access the login URL output by the installation tool through a browser, or run the following command to query the login address of the Plesk panel:

$ sudo plesk login

Fill in the required information, accept the license agreement, and follow the instructions on the page to configure the Plesk panel. After all operations are complete, you can use the panel to manage the INTERNET DATA server.