Applicable to:
- Plesk
Question
How to change SOA e-mail address for a domain or set common SOA e-mail for all DNS zones hosted on the Plesk server?
Answer
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Make a backup of Plesk database using the instructions from the article How to backup/restore a Plesk database dump?
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Access Plesk database:
# plesk db
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Set up a new email:
MYSQL_LIN: mysql> set @domain_name := 'example.com';
mysql> set @new_email := 'new@email.com';
mysql> update dns_zone set email=@new_email where name=@domain_name; -
Update DNS zone:
Linux:
# plesk sbin dnsmng --update example.com
Windows:
C:\> plesk sbin dnsmng --update --zone-name=example.com
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To check the e-mail, use
digutility. For example:# dig +short SOA example.com @localhost
ns.example.com. new.email.com. 1377304780 10800 3600 604800 10800The contact e-mail is the second record in SOA resource record (note that the dot is used instead of the
@sign in the e-mail name).Alternatively, use
nslookuputility:# nslookup -q=soa example.com localhost | grep mail
mail addr = new.email.com </>
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Make a backup of Plesk database using the instructions from the article How to backup/restore a Plesk database dump?
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Set up a new email:
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Plesk for Linux
# MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysql -uadmin psa -e "update dns_zone set email='new@email.com';"
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Plesk for Windows
C:\> plesk db dump psa > C:\psa.sql
C:\> plesk dbMYSQL_WIN: update dns_zone set email='new@email.com';
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Update DNS zones:
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in Plesk for Linux:
# plesk repair dns -y
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in Plesk for Windows:
C:\> plesk repair dns -y
To assign the new e-mail address to newly created domains, create a scheduled task with the commands above. Refer to How to schedule a periodic task (crontask) via Plesk? for more information.
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Comments
4 comments
Hello,
I receive error while running plesk sbin dnsmng --update example.com
PS C:\Windows\system32> plesk sbin dnsmng --update *****.com
Missing required parameter --zone-name. Possible parameters:
--zone-name
[--without-reverse]
[--dnssec-config]
at (Params::check line 72)
at Unable to execute console command: '--update'(vconsoleapp::start line 95)
at Unable to execute command: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Plesk\admin\bin\dnsmng" --update *****.com'(vconso
leapp::run line 117)exit status 1
what can be done. Please suggest
Hello vishak va,
The syntax of the command is slightly different on Windows. You may check available commands by using the --help option:
C:\> plesk sbin dnsmng --help
The correct command should be the following:
C:\> plesk sbin dnsmng --update --zone-name=example.com
I have reworked the article and added this note.
I do not have the right permission to do that on my AWS EC2 instance. Any other way's to do this?
Hello Martin de Bes
Try to add "sudo" at the beginning of each command.
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