98 Configuring and Maintaining Your Server
Extending Plesk Capabilities with Modules
In this version of Plesk, you can extend the functionality of your control panel without
upgrade. This can be done by installing additional functional components, available as
modules developed by Parallels or third parties.
The modules can be easily installed, removed, and configured directly from the control panel.
The modules come as a single RPM package, a self-extracting shell script, or in any other
form suitable to your operating system. If you wish, you can also install the module from the
command line. When you install the module on server using the control panel, you are taken
to the module‘s configuration screen.
The following modules are available for Plesk 8:
Acronis True Image Server management module - Allows to create server disk backup
images without interrupting server operations and perform easy and fast recovery of the
entire system. This module is free, however, the Acronis True Image Server application
requires a license key, which you can purchase and install through Plesk control panel.
*Battlefield 2 Game Server module - Allows to install and manage Battlefield 2 game
servers.
*Counter-Strike Game Server module - Allows to install and update Half-Life: Counter-
Strike game server, to create and manage games.
Firewall module - Helps you protect your host and private network from unauthorized
access.
Kaspersky Antivirus module - Scans mail traffic for viruses and provides filtering of e-mail
attachments.Samba Fileserver Configuration module - Helps you share your directories in
SMB network.
Virtual Private Networking module - Builds a secure network over insecure channels.
Watchdog module - Monitors Plesk control panel services and scans your server for
security vulnerabilities.
Plesk modules marked with asterisk (*) require installing additional license keys (see page
24) for being used.
When you install Plesk on FreeBSD systems, all modules are installed by default. During
installation of Plesk on RPM/Deb package-based systems you are prompted to choose the
modules you would like to install.
In this section:
Installing Modules .............................................................................................. 99
Configuring and Managing Modules .................................................................. 99
Removing Modules ............................................................................................ 100
