How to change IP address for domains/clients/resellers in Plesk for Linux

Miguel Monteiro

Updated May 04, 2021 12:02

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Question

How to change IP address for domains/clients/resellers in Plesk for Linux?

Answer

Switch all existing domains to a single IP address that exists in system:

Connect to the server via SSH ;
Create Plesk database backup ;
Run the following command:

# for i in $(plesk bin subscription -l); do plesk bin subscription -u "$i" -ip <ip_address>; done

Note: <ip_address> here is the IP address that will be used instead of the current one. This IP must exist in the system.

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Comments

8 comments

Farid Bestenli July 17, 2018 11:04

I already have the new ip address registered in plesk but i can't delete it. So what's the solution?

Error: Cannot remove the IP address 192.168.x.x because it is used by an active session. Cannot remove the IP address 192.168.x.x because it is the primary IP address of a network interface.

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Farid Bestenli July 17, 2018 11:16
Update: I managed to delete the ip address using the commands:
```
# plesk db

# delete from IP_Addresses where ip_address='192.168.x.x';
```
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Ivan Postnikov July 21, 2018 16:35

Hello @Farid, thank you for sharing your user experience.

The recommended way is to, at first, change the interface primary IP.

Please, check this article for the reference.

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John Bertin October 03, 2018 09:52

I get the following error;

sh: 2: Syntax error: newline unexpected

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Alexandr Bashurov October 05, 2018 06:23
@John Bertin

Please, try running this command instead:
```
for i in $(plesk bin subscription -l); do plesk bin subscription -u "$i" -ip <ip_address>; done
```
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JP Kelly December 26, 2019 01:41

When I try this it hangs after updating one subscription. If I 'command C' out of the loop and try again it does the next subscription but this is very tedious. Any ideas?

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Maxim Krasikov December 26, 2019 02:52
Hi @JP Kelly,

Please make sure that the command was fully copied:
```
for i in $(plesk bin subscription -l); do plesk bin subscription -u $i -ip <ip_address>; done
```
If it is not helpful, try executing an alternative command:
```
MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysql -Ns -uadmin -D psa -e 'select name from domains' | awk '{print "/usr/local/psa/bin/domain --update " $1 " -ip <ip_address> "}' | sh
```
Alternatively, submit a ticket to Plesk support in order to check if there is a misconfiguration from the server side:
https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Ehud Ziegelman January 28, 2021 12:58

This article does NOT work well

Please test it and fix the steps to be taken.

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