Tool for geeky Plesk admins.

1. Awesome CLI
Tool for geeky Plesk admins
Unix only

2. Captain Obvious
A lot of time in console
Completion, aliases, own scripts
Plesk has rich CLI interface
There are some problems with it ;)

3. Not So Obvious
I waste spend
~50% of time at console
typing...
typing...
typing...

4. Typical Commands
mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` psa
/usr/local/psa/bin/domain ...
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local...
tail -f /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
...
(taken from history file)

5. Motivation
Previous problems
Book
Tool for own use

6. Welcome To “plesk”
Plesk CLI Wrapper
One utility named “plesk” for every task
Self-documenting
Manual page (man plesk, right!)
Bundled with Plesk 11.5
One-click installer for older versions

7. Commands vs. Suites
Too much commands
/usr/local/psa/bin/domain
mysql
cat, tail and etc.
Unification
plesk - single command for everything
plesk help subcommand - self documenting

8. Command Suites Examples
git
svn
rails
rake
...

9. Available Commands
plesk help
plesk bin
plesk sbin
plesk db
plesk php
plesk conf
plesk log
plesk version

10. Old Way
#
cat
/etc/issue
CentOS
release
5.9
(Final)..
#
cat
/usr/local/psa/version
11.5.22
CentOS
5
115130325.19
#
cat
/usr/local/psa/.revision
319415
#
uname
-­‐a
Linux
hp-­‐demo.sb.plesk.ru
...

11. New Way
#
plesk
version
Product
version:
11.5.22
Build
date:
2013/03/25
19:00
Build
target:
CentOS
5
Revision:
319415
Architecture:
32-­‐bit
Wrapper
version:
1.0

12. Old Way
#
mysql
-­‐uadmin
-­‐p`cat
/etc/
psa/.psa.shadow`
psa
Welcome
to
the
MySQL
monitor...
...
Type
'help;'
or
'h'
for
help...
mysql>

13. New Way
#
plesk
db
Welcome
to
the
MySQL
monitor...
...
Type
'help;'
or
'h'
for
help...
mysql>

14. Old Way
#
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-­‐engine-­‐
pleskrun
/usr/local/psa/bin/client
-­‐h
Usage:
client
command
<login_name>
..
Available
commands:
-­‐-­‐create
or
-­‐c
<login_name>
Creates
a
new
customer
account..
#
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-­‐engine-­‐
pleskrun
/usr/local/psa/bin/client
-­‐-­‐
create
...

15. New Way
#
plesk
bin
cl<TAB>
client
client_pref
cloning
#
plesk
bin
client
-­‐-­‐create<TAB>
-­‐-­‐create
-­‐-­‐create-­‐gapps-­‐account

16. Results
Use it everyday by myself
Save time
Really like it (getting fun :))
Easy to extend with new commands
Integrated into Plesk 11.5

17. Try It!
On your installation of Plesk 11.5
Using one-click installer for older versions

18. Project Repo
https://github.com/sibprogrammer/plesk-ctl

19. Thank You
Questions & suggestions:
sibprogrammer@gmail.com