Manage Plesk branding using CLI or through database

How to manage Plesk branding using CLI or through database?

Answer

I. Changing Plesk Branding through CLI:

1. Download the default theme:

# plesk bin branding_theme -p -name default -destination '/theme/defaullttheme.zip

2. Unpack it and modify meta.xml, replace ./images/logos/plesk/logo-web-host.png with a custom image. Note that the theme directory structure should be kept.

3. Zip the theme back, install and activate it:

# zip -r customtheme.zip ./

# plesk bin branding_theme --install -vendor admin -source customtheme.zip

When the theme is installed, it is automatically applied to UI. To apply another theme that was installed previously, use the --set command:

# plesk bin branding_theme --set -name customtheme

For information about working with custom themes through CLI, refer to Plesk Administrator Guide .

II. Changing Plesk Branding through database

Before modifying database, create PSA database backup according to instructions here:

• 213904125 How to backup/restore a Plesk database dump?

To change Plesk Title, use the following query:

    # mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` psa -e "update misc set val='MyTitle' where param='custom_title';"

To change Plesk Logo and URL attached to it, use the following instructions:

1. Put the desired image into /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/images/logos/ directory.

2. In Plesk database, check which ID the logos have:

   mysql> select val from misc where param='logo_id';
   

   If there are no any entries, any ID can be used for updating database. If there is an output like below, use ID that is specified (val=2):

   +------+
   | val  |
   +------+
   | 2    |
   +------+
   

3. Update the database:

   mysql> replace Logos set `id`='2', `name`='image.png', `fake`='image.png', `url`='http//example.com';
   mysql> replace into misc (param, val) values("logo_id", "2")
   

Additional information

Plesk Branding CLI utility syntax is available in Command Line Utilities Guide .