Overview of Software Components Managed by Plesk

Plesk control panel works in cooperation with the following third-party software components and services:

• Bind DNS server
• Apache Web server
• ProFTPd FTP server
• MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers
• Qmail mail server
• Courier-IMAP IMAP/POP3 server
• Mailman mailing list server
• Spamassassin anti-spam software
• Dr.Web antivirus
• Webalizer and AWStats statistical packages
• Tomcat

After installation of Plesk package, all essential services, such as DNS, Web, FTP and Mail are configured to run with the default optimal settings, so you can start serving your customers right away. However, we recommend that you review the default settings to make sure that they satisfy your needs, and create user account templates and domain templates, which will simplify further setup of hosting accounts.