Create a Plesk Server

Before you can sell and provision Plesk hosting accounts, you must add at least one Plesk server to your WHMCS installation.

For more information, see Plesk.
In WHMCS 8.13 and later, you can also configure your first Plesk server during initial setup at Configuration () > Getting Started Wizard.

Create a Plesk Server

To add your server to WHMCS:

1. Log in to WHMCS.

Log in to the WHMCS Admin Area.

2. Add a new server.

Go to Configuration () > System Settings > Servers and click Add New Server.

3. Select the Plesk module.

Select Plesk for Module.

4. Enter your server settings.

Enter the server hostname or IP address and your Plesk reseller username and password.

Optionally, you can create an API key in Plesk and enter it in the Access Hash section instead.

For more information, see Plesk’s documentation.

If you have a non-standard (8443) port for Plesk, enter the port number in the Access Hash section.

Entering information for a Plesk server

For more information, see Plesk or contact your hosting provider or system administrator.

5. Test the server connection.

Click Test Connection to ensure that WHMCS is able to communicate. A success message will appear.

If the test failed, check and update the details you entered and try again. To ignore the failure and continue, click Continue.

6. Save your changes.

Click Save Changes.

The Servers interface will appear and display the newly-created server in the list:

Successfully adding a Plesk server

If this is the only Plesk server that is currently in WHMCS, click on the name and ensure that it results in an asterisk (*) next to it. This indicates that it is the default to use when any other non-specific configuration doesn’t apply.

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Last modified: 2025 April 7