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How do I upgrade Plesk?

Applies to: (dv) 4.0
Difficulty: Easy
Time needed: 20 minutes
Tools needed: Plesk administrator access

Applies to: (dv) 4.0
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time Needed: 20
- Tools Required: Plesk administrator access

Overview

Prior to February 14, 2012, (dv) Dedicated-Virtual 4.0 Servers were provisioned with Plesk 10.3.1. Since the product release, Plesk has released a new version upgrade. Currently, this stands at 10.4.4. The end-result of this guide will be to upgrade your system to that version.

CAUTION:

As with all guides for major server changes, there will always be edge cases that experience errors which can break things. While we have tried to account for possible fail-points, there is no way to guarantee with 100% certainty that the following commands won't cause more harm than good.

Before proceeding:

1. Make a back-up.

2. Be comfortable with the idea that there is always a possibility that you will need to re-install and/or revert to that backup data.

Requirements

(dv) 4.0 - These instructions will not work on a (dv) 3.5 or 3.0. Please contact Sales for information on how to upgrade.

Before upgrading

Before performing the actual upgrade to Plesk, you should make a back-up.

Let's Upgrade!

Via Plesk

Log into your Server Administrator Panel, see Figure 1.

Figure 1: Server Administration Panel
From the left menu, click on Tools & Settings. Under the Panel section, click on Updates and Upgrades. See Figure 2.

Figure 2.
A new window or tab will open, depending on your browser settings. If you are upgrading to the latest version of Plesk, click on Install or Upgrade Product. See Figure 3. If you are already on the latest version and just want to upgrade components, click on Update Components. See Figure 4.

Figure 3. Click to upgrade Plesk to the latest version.

Figure 4. Click to update components.
Click the Continue button to upgrade to the latest Plesk version, see Figure 5.

Figure 5.
Your upgrade will begin. Please be patient. This process can take up to 20 minutes to complete, depending on your Internet connection. Once completed, you will see a confirmation message like in Figure 6.

Figure 6.