The document outlines the key features delivered in 2021 and planned for 2022 by the web hosting control panel Plesk. Some of the top delivered features in 2021 included configurable website creation options, WordPress integration, a revamped file manager, and Linux operating system support. Planned features for 2022 include improved Node.js and Laravel application support, automatic website diagnostic and repair tools, high availability clustering, and additional operating system compatibility like Ubuntu 22.04. The roadmap aims to provide better user experiences for web developers and more reliable, high-performing website hosting.

1. Boost Your Server
with Plesk
2022

2. 2
Agenda
Q2 22
Q4 21 Q1 22
→ Diagnostic & Repair Tool
→ .NET websites on Plesk
for Linux
→ Ubuntu 22.04 support
→ Updated Password
validator
→ Server Logs
Troubleshooting in GUI
→ Renewed Cloudflare
integration
H2 22
→ HA Cluster support
→ Flexible Backup
Scheduler
→ Geo IP support
→ Website performance
out-of-the-box
→ Use outdated PHP
versions w/o risks
→ to be continued...
DELIVERED ALMOST HERE
→ Add New Domain process optimized
to include more
(customizable) website creation
options
→ WordPress Toolkit Vulnerability
Reports
→ Dedicated PHP-FPM handlers for
NGINX and Apache
→ Windows 2022 support
→ ZSTD compression support for
backups (less space, 2x faster)
→ 360 Monitoring
→ Free Cgroups Manager
→ Rocky Linux support
→ Debian 11 support
→ Ubuntu 20 for ARM CPU
support
→ Redesigned Git
extension
→ Improved support for
Node.JS
applications hosting
→ Support for Laravel
applications hosting
Review the top delivered features and planned features for 2022

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Top Plesk Features in 2021
• Configurable website creation options
• Tight integration with WordPress Toolkit
• Revamped File Manager
• DNS Configuration Helper
• Free Cgroups Manager
• ZSTD compression for backups
• PHP 8 support
• Dedicated PHP-FPM Handlers for Nginx and
Apache
• Easy installations with QCOW2-images
Better UX for Website Management Modern Stack
New OSes
• Almalinux, RockyLinux, Debian 11, Windows 2022,
Ubuntu 20.04 on ARM architecture
Tpoubleshooting & Monitoring
• Web-based SSH Terminal
• MailLog Troubleshooting in GUI
• Powerful server and site monitoring
with 360 platform

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Configurable website creation options
• Choose from available predefined options
• Customize the list of available options
• There is no need to enter additional data: just enter a
domain name, the rest is prefilled
• See the progress of your website being created
• Use a resolvable temporary domain name to access
your website if you don’t have a registered domain yet
Improved UX of website creation
Bring the value from the start

5. 5
Website card improvements
It’s easier to manage your
website with Dynamic List
● Focused view to work with a particular
domain
● Top popular actions for WordPress sites
on a separate tab
● One-click switch between Plesk and
WordPress dashboards
● One-click access to the website
connection information

6. 6
File Manager
New features in the File Manager
● Users can now restore files deleted
by mistake from the Recycle Bin
● Upload and extract RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ,
and TGZ archives
● Upload directories
● Upload files by URL
● Search for files by filename (even just a part
of the file name is fine) or content
● (Plesk for Linux) Change file permissions
recursively. Plesk for Windows has always
supported that
● The embedded image preview feature.
● SVG files support

7. 7
DNS Helper
In-place instruction on how to
configure DNS for your website
● Plesk checks if a created website resolves to a
server
● The website owner sees detailed instructions on
how to configure DNS to resolve a website on the
Plesk server
● The instructions for 46 domain registrars are
available

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SSH Terminal built-in to Plesk
SSH Terminal built-in to Plesk
● Access to the server from Plesk via a secure
web-based SSH client
● The feature is available to both the Plesk
administrator and subscription owners.
● Troubleshoot issues without access to the
server
AVAILABLE
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Web-based SSH Terminal

9. 9
Mail Log Browser
● Check if an email was delivered or not
using search by filters
● See real-time logs to troubleshoot
issues
● Support of more server logs will be
added in 2022
Maillog troubleshooting
w/o access to the server

10. 10
Monitoring
Powerful server and site monitoring that can be setup in minutes
• Server Monitoring
• Increase performance and
reduce downtime by tracking
CPU, load times, network
statistics, memory and disk
usage, and processes
• Site Monitoring
• Find out first about site
downtime or issues by tracking
HTTP/S, TCP, ICMP (ping), and
keywords.
• Service Monitoring
• Monitor web servers, databases,
Exim mail queues, CloudLinux,
and even PHP-FPM

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Modern Stack
• Free Cgroups Manager allows to isolate website resources and control resources consumption
• ZSTD compression reduces the backup creation time up to 4x times and the backup size by up to 20%
• PHP 8.1 support
• Dedicated PHP-FPM Handlers for Nginx and Apache increases the stability and isolation of websites
• Easy installations of a new Plesk server with QCOW2-images contain the up-to-date OS and the new
version of Plesk
• Plesk on Cloud now automatically updates its public and private IP addresses if it was changed after
the server reboot
• Updated WHCMS module allows to automatically log in Plesk and use most popular quick shortcuts
• Website performance improvements:
• Brotli compression for NGINX
• Microsoft IIS compression

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Supported Operating System Expansion
Broad list of alternatives with the EOL of Redhat/CentOS: giving you choices and a path forward
from CentOS8 with the addition of AlmaLinux and other options
Debian 9
Debian 10
CentOS 7
CentOS 8
Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 Server LTS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 7
RedHat Enterprise Linux 8
CloudLinux 7
CloudLinux 8
Virtuozzo Linux 7
AlmaLinux 8
Rocky Linux
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Ubuntu 20 LTS
(ARM CPU)
Debian 11 Ubuntu 22.04
LTS (May)

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Plesk Roadmap
Q2 22
Q4 21 Q1 22
→ Diagnostic & Repair Tool
→ .NET websites on Plesk
for Linux
→ Ubuntu 22.04 support
→ Updated Password
validator
→ Server Logs
Troubleshooting in GUI
→ Renewed Cloudflare
integration
H2 22
→ HA Cluster support
→ Flexible Backup
Scheduler
→ Geo IP support
→ Website performance
out-of-the-box
→ Use outdated PHP
versions w/o risks
→ to be continued...
DELIVERED ALMOST HERE
→ Add New Domain process optimized
to include more
(customizable) website creation
options
→ WordPress Toolkit Vulnerability
Reports
→ Dedicated PHP-FPM handlers for
NGINX and Apache
→ Windows 2022 support
→ ZSTD compression support for
backups (less space, 2x faster)
→ 360 Monitoring
→ Free Cgroups Manager
→ Rocky Linux support
→ Debian 11 support
→ Ubuntu 20 for ARM CPU
support
→ Redesigned Git
extension
→ Improved support for
Node.JS
applications hosting
→ Support for Laravel
applications hosting

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• Improved Node.js support
• Laravel websites management
• .NET websites support on Plesk for Linux
• Revised Git integration
• Automatic websites Diagnostic & Repair
• Good website performance out-of-the-box
• Renewed Cloudflare integration
• Ability to use outdated PHP versions w/o risks
Better UX for Web Developers
Websites Reliability & Performance New OSes
• Ubuntu 22.04
• In-place conversion CentOS 7 -> AlmaLinux 8
Most Promising Plesk Features in 2022
Modern Stack
• High Availability Cluster support
• Server Logs Troubleshooting in GUI
• Flexible Backup Scheduler
• Use Geo IP to block the IP addresses of specific
countries

15. 15
Improved Node.js support
New features added based on
customer’s requests
● Automatic installation of the current Node.js
version and keep it up-to-date
● Yarn supported as an additional package
manager in addition to NPM
● Troubleshooting using Node.js application log
files in GUI
● Configure and manage a Node.js application
from a shell
ETA: April 2022

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Laravel Toolkit
Manage your Laravel sites in Plesk
● Automatic deployment of an application from a
Git repository
● Find existing Laravel websites on the server and
manage them from Laravel Toolkit
● Manage .ENV file in GUI
● Run artisan and composer commands right from
Plesk GUI
Expected in the near future:
● Create a skeleton Laravel app in a few clicks
● Logs review
● Maintenance mode
● Laravel Cron jobs
ETA: Beta is already available

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Diagnostic & Repair Tool
Automatic identification and
fix of websites’ errors
● Configure regular checks of the
websites health status
● See results grouped by websites or
by specific issue
ETA: June 2022

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Diagnostic & Repair Tool
Automatic identification and
fix of websites’ errors
● Use Repair Kit to automatically resolve
found issues
● Or manually apply recommendations on
how to fix the issue
● See an exact impact of a particular issue
ETA: June 2022

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More Features…
• High Availability Cluster support
• .NET websites for Linux support
• Flexible Backup Scheduler brings more options to manage scheduled backups
• Troubleshoot Server Logs in Plesk GUI (panel.log, autoinstaller3.log, syslog, cron, etc.)
• Renewed Password Validator comply with modern 3rd-party password generators
• Use Geo IP to block the IP addresses of specific countries
• Automatically sync DNS records from CloudFlare service
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS support

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Questions?
Q2 22
Q4 21 Q1 22
→ Diagnostic & Repair Tool
→ .NET websites on Plesk
for Linux
→ Ubuntu 22.04 support
→ Updated Password
validator
→ Server Logs
Troubleshooting in GUI
→ Renewed Cloudflare
integration
H2 22
→ HA Cluster support
→ Flexible Backup
Scheduler
→ Geo IP support
→ Website performance
out-of-the-box
→ Use outdated PHP
versions w/o risks
→ to be continued...
DELIVERED ALMOST HERE
→ Add New Domain process optimized
to include more
(customizable) website creation
options
→ WordPress Toolkit Vulnerability
Reports
→ Dedicated PHP-FPM handlers for
NGINX and Apache
→ Windows 2022 support
→ ZSTD compression support for
backups (less space, 2x faster)
→ 360 Monitoring
→ Free Cgroups Manager
→ Rocky Linux support
→ Debian 11 support
→ Ubuntu 20 for ARM CPU
support
→ Redesigned Git
extension
→ Improved support for
Node.JS
applications hosting
→ Support for Laravel
applications hosting

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