The 8 Advantages of Parallels Web Solutions for your Hosting Business - Andrey Kugaevskiy, Parallels

1. Parallels Plesk Panel
The 8 Advantages of Parallels Web
Solutions for your Hosting Business
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Andrey Kugaevskiy
PM, Plesk & WPB
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2. Evolution of Plesk
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3. Advantage #1: Easy to Install and Re-sell Plesk
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4. Plesk supports the most Platforms (Win 2012 now)
Dedicated Servers
VPS Hypervisors
VPS Containers
Clouds
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5. And installs well on a Variety of Platforms (3x faster)
Dedicated Servers
VPS Hypervisors
Cloning
ISO images
AutoInstaller
http://www.parallels.com/download/
plesk/images/
VPS Containers
Clouds
AMI image
Templates*
VM image*
* PCS only
* guidance
• NEW: Installer Support for 3rd Party Repositories (Atomic, Remi, IUS, etc)
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6. Advantage #2: Security & Admin Control
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7. Plesk 11.5 Security is the Best Ever
• Security should be your #1 Consideration
11.0:
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Provider controls Password Strength
Stronger encryption on all Passwords
FTP Secure (FTP-SSL)
Backup Signing
identify trustworthy backups
11.5: Panel Auto-generates customer
Passwords
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8. Admin Control – Best ever in Plesk 11.5
• You Want Admin Convenience
• Multiple Admins can be created on Linux
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Was already on Windows
Easily add multiple DBs to administer (for DB User)
• Clone Service Plans
• You want Plesk to be easier to train Admins for
• Improved file structure for Virtual Host
• Changed from complex and Plesk-specific
• To simple and OS-consistent (easier to learn & train)
• 300% Faster Backups w/ gzip
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9. Less Admin Training & Frustration: Simplified vHost
ftp://
> ls
anon_ftp
cgi-bin
conf
error_docs
etc
httpdocs
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private
site2
site3
statistics
subdomains
web_users
ftp://
> ls
mysite.com
sub.mysite.com
logs
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clean
dirs on request
writable in user/
all logs in user/
compatible
user:group
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10. Anywhere Access - Plesk Mobile as Freemium
BlackBerry
iPad
Android
iPhone
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11. Advantage #3: Control Plesk Licenses &
Installs, and Notify Customers Quickly
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12. Notify Customers & Manage “Groups” of Plesks
• Control Notifications in Plesk, and add RSS Feeds (in Plesk Sidebar on right)
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13. See License Reports to Manage your Business
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14. Manage Licenses – Plesk License Power Search
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15. Advantage #4: Better Web, Mail, & App Hosting
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16. Plesk 11.5 Delivers Better Web Hosting
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Web Server Configuration Per-Website
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Multiple PHP Versions per Server
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Simple UI for IIS, Apache, and nginx
Different versions per Plan or Website
Linux Hybrid Web Server
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nginx processes static content and PHP
PLUS:
Optimize Search Engine Ranking
Domain Aliases
Set 301 Re-directs
SEO-friendly Site Suspension
SNI For Windows (Server Name Indication)
Multiple SSL Certs for shared IP addresses
Database Server Selection (for any DB)
Can be granted by Admin to Customer
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17. Plesk 11.5 Delivers Better Mail & App Hosting
• Webmail Support for Horde IMP5
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Plus new Roundcube webmail client
• Plesk 11.5 supports latest DrWeb AV Engine
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For Parallels Premium Anti-Virus
• Convenience & Control over Applications
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Quick App Installation
Optional Auto-updating of Installed Apps
Choose a specific version of an App
APS App Update availability directly displayed
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18. Advantage #5: Better Stability & Troubleshooting
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19. Plesk 11.5 Delivers better QA and Stability
• Plesk 11.5 had a 9 month public Preview Program
• Plesk 11.5 moved to „Continuous Testing‟ – every day
• Result: Support incidents 70% down from 9, 20-25% from 10
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20. To help prevent Problems for you….
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Preliminary Check for Transfers & Migrations
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Tracks changes in critical Config files to troubleshoot easier
Informative step-by-step Logs for Transfers
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Evaluates available Disk space, needed installed components, etc)
Before you start
Cfgmon utility in CLI
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11.5 has better Tools to Troubleshoot Plesk
Shows you clear detailed status at each step
Error Messages point to detailed info
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Linked to the Parallels Support Knowledge Base
• Plus: Multiple Recovery Tools in Plesk
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Mail - mchk
Web - websrvmng
DNS - dnsmng
Upgrades - bootstrapper.sh
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21. Advantage #6: Best End-User Self-Support UI
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22. Plesk 11.5 has evolved into two Experiences
For Hosters
For Website Owners
• Both with Operations Search and Video Tutorials
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23. Websites & Domains are at the Center of Plesk 11.5
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24. Active Lists UI – Site Centric Actions with Fewer Clicks
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25. Users get Quick Start for Creating Sites in 11.5
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26. New File Manager - One of Top Two End-User Tasks
File Manager: Drag and Drop upload, Upload multiple files, File Preview
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27. Advantage #7: Grow to Central Management
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28. Growth Problems?
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29. As you grow, our Solutions grow with you
Parallels
Automation
PPA with VPS
and SaaS
Parallels Plesk
Automation
Plesk x N
Plesk
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30. Plesk runs all hosting workloads on a single box
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Web Hosting
Automation
Convenience
Full set of tools for
Web & Mail hosting
Of admin and
business tasks
Get started quickly
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31. With many Hosting servers you duplicate all services
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
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32. Which requires maintenance server-by-server, so,
“automation” is limited to working server-by-server
Manage Mail
Manage AV
Restore
Configure
Manage Branding
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Manage Mail
Manage AV
Configure
Manage Branding
Patch It
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Manage Mail
Manage AV
Restore
Manage Branding
Patch It
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Manage Mail
Manage AV
Restore
Configure
Manage Branding
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
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Manage Mail
Restore
Configure
Patch It
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
Manage AV
Restore
Configure
Manage Branding
Patch It
Web, Mail, Database, DNS
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33. Here, it is time for a different Parallels Solution
Allows for each server to run a single workload with several Migration
tool options from Plesk 8.x, 9.x, 10.x and 11.x (Transfer or Upgrade)
Web Workload
DNS Workload
Management Node
Mail Workload
DB Workload
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34. Hire an Efficiency Expert: Parallels Plesk Automation
…Centrally manages both Windows and Linux servers with mail and DNS
services from a single Management Node
Linux
Windows
Web Workload
Web Workload
Management Node
Web Workload
Management Node
Web Workload
Web Workload
Web Workload
DB Workload
DNS Workload
Shared
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35. Gain Admin Convenience
… you get administrative access to all services and servers from a single
Administrative Panel and system
Linux
Windows
Web Workload
Web Workload
Management Node
Web Workload
Management Node
Web Workload
Web Workload
Web Workload
DB Workload
DNS Workload
Shared
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36. Efficiently Patch & Update Software Centrally
Eliminates need to shut down services when you update software or apply
hotfixes – which are done Centrally
Panel
Updates
Web Workload
DNS Workload
Management Node
Mail Workload
DB Workload
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37. Isolate Account Data from Web Loads for Security
And improves security by isolating production workloads from server
management node (Panel)
Management
Node isolation
Web Workload
DNS Workload
Management Node
Mail Workload
DB Workload
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38. Efficiently manage Server Add-ons
Eliminates multiple add-on licenses for your software
Web Workload
DNS Workload
Management Node
1 AV
and anti-spam
software license
Mail Workload
DB Workload
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39. Grow to Dozens of Servers, Thousands of Customers
Easily add new nodes in minutes…just enter the IP address, pick the role
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40. Advantage #8: Add Services to increase ARPU
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41. Grow your Service Offerings and increase ARPU
Designed to easily add more services today and in the future
Billing Module
Web Workload
DNS Workload
SaaS Module
Management Node
Mail Workload
VPS Module
DB Workload
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42. Add value with Presence Builder offering
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43. Look for Parallels Plesk Automation 11.5 Preview
Improved functionality and usability
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PPA Billing
Applications in Service Templates
DNS only hosting
DNS Branding
Multi-Webspace Subscriptions
Upsell to dedicated IPs
Service Nodes Capacity Management
Management Node running on CentOS/RedHat 6
Alternative licensing by Total # of Sites (for Low-Density Hosting)
• PUBLIC PREVIEW OUT ON OCTOBER 7th
• Email: PPA@Parallels.com for assistance
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44. We Stand Behind Parallels Plesk Automation
Get Free and Unlimited Support
If you get stuck
we are here
to help
day and night
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45. Get Started in 3 Easy Steps: Easy to Use
1 Get the key
Get FREE license
key from
Parallels.com
2 Download
3 Install
Download the
Management node
code
Install on a server
with Parallels
Plesk Unlimited
Domain Dedicated
lease license
Parallels Plesk Panel Unlimited Dedicated server
lease license is required for each Parallels Plesk
Automation node.
Dedicated DNS and Database Server nodes require no
Parallels Plesk Panel licenses.
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46. Please take a fresh look
at the advantages of the
Plesk 11.5 family of
products.
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47. We hope to earn your
trust, and we want your
business.
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48. We Listened.
We are Delivering.
AND WE ARE STILL LISTENING:
HTTP://PLESK.USERVOICE.COM
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49. Thank You
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