(dv) 4.0 - Making It Better :: Install Plesk Health Monitor

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Overview

Plesk Health Monitor, is an additional Panel component that tracks all main server health parameters, such as: Memory and CPU usage by different services, hard disk utilization, number of running processes, and so on. Besides, Health Monitor can be configured to make visual and e-mail notifications when a certain health parameter exceeds some threshold.

Generally, as time goes by, Panel server resources become more and more utilized: The number of Panel users grows; customers create new sites that use different system services, and so on. This means that at some point you can experience the lack of system resources, such as RAM, CPU performance, or disk space. To keep you notified about the server resources usage, we offer the component - Health Monitor. Based on its statistics, you can promptly decide what services should be adjusted to lower the system resources usage or what hardware components require an upgrade.

Instructions

  1. Connect to your server via SSH
  2. Execute the following command to initialize the install: 
    /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/autoinstaller

    Autoinstaller.png


  3. Screen: Welcome to the Parallels Installation and Upgrade Wizard!
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed or type 'Q' and hit 'Enter' to cancel

  4. Screen: Select product software source
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed

  5. Screen: HTTP Proxy Setup
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed
    • You may have to make changes depending on your setup!

  6. Screen: Select the desired products and their versions
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed

  7. Type '5' to select 'Health monitor' and then hit 'Enter'
    • Afterwards there should be an asterisk (*) next to 'Health monitor'
    Package selector.png

  8. Screen: Main components list for Parallels Plesk Panel
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed

  9. Screen: Determining the amount of free disk space
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed
    • Health Monitor requires approximately 1GB of disk space!

  10. Screen: Preparing Your System for Product Installation
    Hit 'Enter' to proceed
    • The application will now install. It takes approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
    Complete.png
    • Successfully installed

  11. Log into the Plesk Panel to access the 'Health Monitor'
    Plesk Panel.png

    12. If you upgrade your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual server and you're running Plesk version 10.3.x or earlier, the Health Monitor will not automatically acknowledge the increase in resources. You'll have to execute the following command via SSH:

    /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/scripts/setup-health-monitor.php
    • Re-calculates VPS (Virtual Private Server) resources


Uninstalling Plesk Health Monitor

    Execute the following command via SSH: 
    yum remove psa-health-monitor
    • Follow onscreen prompts!


Additional resources

    Plesk Panel v10.4.4 demo
    • Username: admin
    • Password: panel
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