Software Requirements for Plesk 12.5
We recommend that you read information about the product installation, upgrade, or migration before you start deploying Plesk. This information, including detailed instructions, can be found in the Deployment Guide.
The following browsers are supported:
Desktop
- Mozilla Firefox (latest) for Windows and Mac OS
- Microsoft Internet Explorer® 9.x for Windows (limited support)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer® 10.x for Windows
- Microsoft Internet Explorer® 11.x for Windows
- Microsoft Edge® for Windows 10
- Apple Safari (latest) for Mac OS
- Google Chrome (latest) for Windows and Mac OS
Smartphones and Tablets
- Default browser (Safari) on iOS 8
- Default browser on Android 4.x
- Default browser (IE) on Windows Phone 8
Note: While user experience may be impaired when using a browser with limited support, all important data can be seen and all important controls function.
Configuration and content from the following hosting platforms can be imported into Plesk 12.5:
- Plesk for Linux and Plesk for Windows: 8.6, 9.5.4, 10.4, 11.0, 11.5, 12.0, and 12.5.
- cPanel 11.5
- Confixx 3.3
- Helm 3
- Expand 2.3.2
Note: To learn about migrating to Plesk 12.5, read the Migration Guide.
Supported Components
Linux
Plesk 12.5 for Linux distribution packages include the following components:
- Odin Premium Antivirus 6.0.2
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0.3
- AWStats 7.3
- ProFTPD 1.3.5a
- qmail 1.03
- Courier-IMAP 4.16.1
- Postfix 2.11.5 (for CentOS and RHEL distributions)
- Dovecot 2.2.18
- Horde IMP 5*
- Horde 5.2.6
- IMP 6.2.9
- Ingo 3.2.5
- Kronolith 4.2.8
- Mnemo 4.2.6
- Passwd 5.0.2
- Turba 4.2.7
- Roundcube 1.1.4
- phpMyAdmin 4.4.9
- phpPgAdmin 5.1
- nginx 1.9.2
- Apache 2.2.31 — only on CentOS 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, CloudLinux 5.
- mod_jk 1.2.40
- PHP 5.2.17, 5.3.29, 5.4.45, 5.5.35, 5.6.31, 7.0.21**
- Fail2ban 0.9.2
- ModSecurity 2.9
* - requires PHP 5.3
** - These packages are not delivered in Plesk for CentOS 5, CloudLinux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Windows
Plesk 12.5 for Microsoft Windows distribution packages include the following components:
- Odin Premium Antivirus 6.0.2
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.1
- Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 R2 SP2
- Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 SP1
- Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014 SP1
- MySQL 5.6.26
- BIND DNS Server 9.10.3-P4
- Oracle Java Development Kit 5
- Apache Tomcat 7.0.62
- MailEnable Standard Edition 9.0
- PHP 5.2.17, 5.3.29, 5.4.45, 5.5.35, 5.6.31, 7.0.21
- ionCube Loader 4.2.2
- SpamAssassin 3.4.1
- myLittleAdmin 3.8
- phpMyAdmin 4.4.9
- AWStats 7.4
- Webalizer V2.01-10-RB02 (Windows NT 5.2) English
- Horde IMP H5 6.2.9*
- Microsoft Web Deploy 3.5 + WebMatrix 3.0
- URL Rewrite 2.0 for IIS 7
* - requires PHP 5.3
Supported Third-Party Components
Linux
Web servers:
- Apache 2.2, 2.4
Mail servers:
- Postfix 2.6–2.11*
DNS servers:
- BIND 9.x
Web statistics:
- Webalizer 2.x
- AWStats 7.x*
Web scripting:
- mod_perl
- mod_python
- PHP 5.1 and later**
- Apache Tomcat 5.0, 5.5, 6,7 — depending on the Linux distribution
Database servers and tools:
- MySQL 5.0.x-5.6
- PostgreSQL 8.1-9.4
- MariaDB 5.5, 10.0, 10.1
Anti-spam tools:
- SpamAssassin 3.x
** - by default, PHP is installed from the repository of the OS vendor, but you can use an alternative repository. Starting from 11.5, you can also install multiple PHP versions.
Windows
This is a shortened list of supported third-party components. It does not include the components supplied with the Plesk distribution, as they were already mentioned as distributed and supported.
Web servers
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7, 7.5, 8.0
Mail servers
- MailEnable Standard / Professional / Enterprise / Enterprise Premium 5.10–9.0
- SmarterMail 6.8–15.0
- IceWarp Mail Server 11.4
Webmail tools
- MailEnable Web Client
- SmarterMail Web Client
- IceWarp (Merak) Mail Server Web Client
- Atmail Open 1.0.5
Spam filtering tools
- SmarterMail Spamfilter
- IceWarp (Merak) Mail Server Anti-Spam
Antivirus tools
- SmarterMail Anti-Virus
- IceWarp (Merak) Mail Server Anti-Virus
DNS servers
- Microsoft DNS Server
- Simple DNS Plus 5.2.x
FTP servers
- Microsoft FTP Server 7.0-8.0
Web statistics
- SmarterStats 5.0-8.5
Web scripting
- ActiveState Perl 5.x (x86)
- ActiveState Python 2.x (x86)
- ASP
- ASP.NET 1.1-4.6.0
- ASP.NET MVC 5
- MIVA Empresa 5.06
Database servers
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005–2014
- MySQL 5.6.26
- MySQL ODBC connector 5.1.13