The Parallels Power Panel interface has been designed for the Container administrator to quickly perform all possible tasks through an intuitive navigation system.
All Parallels Power Panel pages have a menu on the left, a toolbar and a status bar on top, and the content part in the middle. If Parallels Infrastructure Manager is integrated in the Plesk control panel, the Parallels Power Panel menu will be replaced with the Plesk menu. The Parallels Power Panel menu looks like this:
It provides links to Parallels Power Panel pages where you can perform various tasks. To open any of these pages, run the cursor over the link and click it. The link to the page currently open is highlighted. The description of the corresponding page is displayed at the bottom of the menu. All links are gathered into four groups: Container Management, Container Services, Logs, and Other, the names of the first three groups being links themselves. When performing a particular task, you may first click the name of the group to open the corresponding dashboard and then choose a task, or you may select the task at once on the menu under the corresponding group.
Note: If your Container resides on the Hardware Node running the Windows 2003 Server operating system, the Firewall, Install Plesk and SSH Connection links on the Parallels Power Panel menu are unavailable. At the same time, you can make use of the Remote Desktop link.
The links on the menu do the following:
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Description |
Opens the Container Management dashboard where you can learn more about various Container management tasks and perform any of them. |
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Overview |
Opens the default Overview screen |
Opens the page where you can start, stop, or reboot the current Container. |
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Opens the page for changing the Container root/administrator password. |
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Opens the File Manager page where you can view a list of files and directories and perform all the essential file operations. |
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Opens the page where you can manage your Container backups, |
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Opens the page where you can learn the current consumption of the hardware resources by your Container. |
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Opens the Service Management dashboard, which lets you learn more about various service management tasks and perform any of them. |
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Opens a list of principal services inside your Container with the opportunity to start, stop, restart any of them and to control their behavior on the Container startup. |
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Opens a list of processes running inside your Container with the opportunity to send various signals to any of them. |
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Opens your firewall current settings. |
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This link is displayed only if the Plesk application template is installed in the Container being managed. It opens the Plesk control panel login window. |
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Open Install Plesk page that allows you to install the Plesk control panel in the Container(s). |
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This link is displayed only if the Confixx application template is installed in the Container being managed. It opens the Confixx control panel login window. |
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Opens a Remote Desktop session for connecting to your Container via RDP. |
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Opens a |
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Logs |
Opens the Logs dashboard where you can learn more about various logs available for your Container and view any of them. |
Opens a list of status changes your Container has recently undergone. |
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Opens a list of alerts of your Container overusing any hardware resources or coming close to the usage limits imposed on it. |
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Actions Log |
Opens a list of actions you have recently performed in Parallels Power Panel with the current Container. |
Traffic Log |
Opens the page where you can view your traffic statistics for a specified period in the past. |
Help |
Opens this help system. |
Opens the page where you can customize the Parallels Power Panel interface. |
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Sign out |
Following this link logs you out of Parallels Power Panel. |
The toolbar is to be found on every Parallels Power Panel screen to allow you to easily perform the operations most frequently required in the course of Container management with the help of the Start, Stop, Restart, Backup and New buttons.
The status bar on top is presented on the following figure:
It consists of the following elements (from left to right):
The area in the lower right corner of any Parallels Power Panel page not covered by the menu and by the status bar provides the contents proper of the page. It has a title bar on top (just below the status bar), an example of which is shown below:
It consists of the following elements (from left to right and from top to bottom):
The contents proper of any Parallels Power Panel page vary depending on the functions to be performed on it. The topmost-level page, which is displayed right after logging on to Parallels Power Panel, provides brief information on the current Container in the Container Summary table and links to the three Parallels Power Panel dashboards (see above).
Notes: 1. In case your Container is short of any resource, the corresponding warning is displayed with the link to the Resources page for you to check the state of resources consumption by your Container. 2. In case you have not yet provided your contact e-mail, which is necessary to enable the functionality of restoring the password, a link is provided to the page where you can do it.
The Container Summary table has the following fields:
Field Name |
Description |
ID |
The ID of the current Container. |
Hostname |
The hostname of the current Container. |
Current status |
Indicates whether the Container is running, down, being repaired, or in any other state. The description of all possible Container statuses is provided in the Container Statuses section. |
IP Address(es) |
Specifies the IP address(es) of Container network interfaces. These address(es) are assigned by your provider. |
Operating System |
Indicates what operating system is running inside your Container. |
Applications Installed |
Enumerates additional applications installed in the Container by your provider. Shown only in case there are any. |
You can also download Parallels Power Panel User's Guide at the bottom of the page.