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Ubuntu 20.04 support in Plesk

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Gabriel Aznarez
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Question

Is it possible to install Plesk on Ubuntu 20.04?

Answer

Plesk now supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) starting from Plesk Obsidian 18.0.29

However, keep in mind the following limitations:

  • Ubuntu 20.04 ships with OpenSSL which does not support TLSv1.1 and below. Because of that: TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 ciphers cannot be enabled on services via  server_pref command;
  • psa-watchdog component is not available, since it requires a major update to use TLSv1.2 or higher;
  • The following components are deprecated or EOLed by Plesk or their respective vendors: mod_bw ( deprecated ), php <= 7.0 ( EOLed );
  • Atomic (tortix) ModSecurity ruleset is not available because Atomic doesn’t support Ubuntu 20.04 yet;
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is no longer supported on the ARM architecture, use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS instead.
  • Time synchronization is not available on Tools & Settings > System Time because Ubuntu 20.04 uses chronyd service (enabled by default) for time synchronization. Same as on CentOS 8 and Debian 10;
  • Connection to the server might be interrupted the first time Plesk Firewall rules are activated;
  • There are warning about fail2ban and spamassassin services from systemd in the logs:

    CONFIG_TEXT: PIDFile= references path below legacy directory /var/run/

    These messages can be ignored.

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    murat

    Thank you for ubuntu 20.04 support. regards. 

     

    note:tlsv1 and tls1.1 ubuntu can also be activated at 20.04. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1233186/ubuntu-20-04-how-to-set-lower-ssl-security-level

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    Robert Krölls

    Plesk does not support dist-upgrade from any previous versions of Ubuntu;

    Does this means there is no way to updated from 18.04 lts to 20.04lts ?  only via fresh install ?

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    Anton Maslov

    Robert Krölls:

    >Does this means there is no way to updated from 18.04 lts to 20.04lts ?  only via fresh install ?
    Yes, currently update via migration to a new server is only available. But it is planned to add in future possibility of dist-upgrade from 18 to 20

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    Michael Lieder

    Ich bekomme nach der Neuinstallation folgende Meldung:

    Die Erweiterung "Plesk Premium Email, powered by Kolab" konnte nicht installiert werden
    Fehlgeschlagen
     
    • Die Ausführung von post-install.php ist fehlgeschlagen. Fehlermeldung: [2020-10-27 09:22:23.471] ERR [panel] Extension kolab does not support Ubuntu 20.04:
    • 0: /opt/psa/admin/plib/modules/kolab/library/Installer.php:40
    • Modules_Kolab_Installer::getInstance()
    • 1: /opt/psa/admin/plib/modules/kolab/scripts/post-install.php:25
    • ERROR: pm_Exception: Extension kolab does not support Ubuntu 20.04 (Installer.php:40)
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    Markus (Edited )

    Hi Anton Maslov,

    sorry for the old, stupid question about do release upgrade from Ubuntu 18 to 20. In the top of this site Plesk support says:

    A guide for dist-upgrade from versions 16 to 18 and 18 to 20 will be available on Plesk Obsidian 18.0.31.

    Now, we have 18.0.31 since a few days, but in change log nothing about dist-upgrade 18 to 20. No problem if Plesk is already working on it, I have respect for the hard work by Plesk all the time. Perhaps, or sometimes, the documentation is only forgotten. That's why I ask.

    Lots of greets

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    Ivan Postnikov

    Hello Markus

    Work on this is still in progress.

    Michael Lieder

    According to the Plesk Premium Email extension page, Plesk Premium Email does not support Ubuntu 20.04 yet. It supports the following operating systems:

    • CentOS 7
    • Debian 8
    • Debian 9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • Ubuntu 16.04
    • Ubuntu 18.04
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    Marc

    Wir haben jetzt 18.0.32, wann denkt Ihr, wird das dist-upgrade von Ubuntu 18 auf 20 möglich sein?

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    Carlos Martínez Gadea

    Hi!

    Has the upgrade process between Ubuntu 18 to Ubuntu 20 been finished? Or is there any estimate when it will be?

    Thanks in advance

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    Marc

    Any news would be great, when it is planned to have it running.

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    Anton Maslov

    Hi, Marc please check this article. During testing 18>20 upgrade we found additional items requiring attention, thus it is expected with 18.0.33 release in February. 

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    Marc

    Great news, thanks a lot for your note and work.

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    Stephan

    Ubuntu 20.04 now Supported by Atomic?

    https://updates.atomicorp.com/installers/aum

    Lines 812 - 815:

    "elif egrep -q "Focal" $RELEASE ; then
    DIST="focal"
    DIR=ubuntu/20
    PKG=deb"

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    Alexander Kettner

    Is there a timeframe when psa-watchdog will become available with TLS 1.2?

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    George Alibegashvili

    Hello @Stephan

    Support for Atomic ruleset for Ubuntu 20.04 in Plesk is planned but not implemented yet.

     

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    Jorge

    Please keep in mind that you cannot run the Acronis Backup extension on Ubuntu 20.04LTS. This is due to the snapapi that only works with 4.18.x kernels. Ubuntu 20.04LTS only ships with 5.0 kernel versions. I now need to reinstall the server again with Ubuntu 18.04TLS.

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    Paul Daniels

    Does 20.04 ship with PHP 5.2.17, 5.3.29, 5.4.45, 5.5.38, 5.6.40, 7.0.33, 7.1.33, 7.2.34, 7.3.28, 7.4.18, 8.0.5

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    George Alibegashvili

    Hello @Paul Daniels

    Modern OS as Ubuntu 20 supports PHP versions starting from 7.1.
    https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004966813-What-PHP-versions-come-with-Plesk

    To install PHP versions provided by Plesk, visit this KB article:
    https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000769793

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    Paul Daniels

    Thank you. Is there no way I can install PHP5x under Ubuntu 20.04. Even manually?

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    George Alibegashvili

    Hello @Paul Daniels
    If you want to install a custom php version you can do it at your own risk using information from the following article:
    https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000497853-How-to-add-a-custom-PHP-version-

     

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    Paul Daniels

    Thank you for the link. I’m somewhat nervous to do this so instead I think we will upgrade our old websites. 

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    Patrick Presky

    Hallo, 

     

    Ich habe einen Ubuntu Server von 18.04 auf 20.04 Upgrade durchgeführt.

     

    Plesk Update funktioniert leider noch nicht, ich bekomme folgende Fehlermeldungen. Vielleicht könnt ihr mir einen Tip geben? Danke!

     

    Installation started in background
    Auflösung der Paketabhängigkeiten wird geprüft.
    Reading package lists...
    Building dependency tree...
    Reading state information...
    E: Unable to locate package pp18.0.36-bootstrapper:amd64
    E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'pp18.0.36-bootstrapper'
    E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'pp18.0.36-bootstrapper'
    E: Unable to locate package sw-engine-cli-3.36:amd64
    E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'sw-engine-cli-3.36'
    E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'sw-engine-cli-3.36'
    E: Version '14081815-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'libapache2-mod-aclr2-psa' was not found
    E: Version '1.0.10-ubuntu.20.04.210430.1632' for 'libaps' was not found
    E: Version '1.2.0.1-ubuntu.20.04.210430.1632' for 'liblog4cplus' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'libpam-plesk' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210527.1645' for 'plesk-backup-utilities' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'plesk-completion' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.1022' for 'plesk-control-panel' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.2213' for 'plesk-core' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.1455' for 'plesk-core-utilities' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'plesk-engine' was not found
    E: Version '2.0.2-ubuntu.20.04.210430.1632' for 'plesk-librdbmspp' was not found
    E: Version '0.2.4-ubuntu.20.04.210430.1632' for 'plesk-lmlib' was not found
    E: Version '1.0.2-ubuntu.20.04.210430.1632' for 'plesk-platform-runtime' was not found
    E: Version '18.0.36.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.2213' for 'plesk-release' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.1022' for 'plesk-repair-kit' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210603.0848' for 'plesk-service-node-utilities' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210603.2004' for 'plesk-task-manager' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.1022' for 'plesk-ui-library' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210601.0902' for 'plesk-web-hosting' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'plesk-web-socket' was not found
    E: Version '18.0.36-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'psa' was not found
    E: Version '3.36.0-ubuntu.20.04.210525.1226' for 'psa-autoinstaller' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.2213' for 'psa-locale-base-en-us' was not found
    E: Version '5.1.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'psa-phpmyadmin' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'psa-vhost' was not found
    E: Version '5.11.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'sw-collectd' was not found
    E: Version '2.9.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210602.1308' for 'sw-cp-server' was not found
    E: Version '3.36.0-ubuntu.20.04.210430.1632' for 'sw-engine' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210604.2213' for 'plesk-l10n' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'plesk-mail-mc-driver' was not found
    E: Version '1.3.7a-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'psa-proftpd' was not found
    E: Version '2.3.9.5-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'libapache2-mod-fcgid-psa' was not found
    E: Version '1.8.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'psa-php-configurator' was not found
    E: Version '18.0-v.ubuntu.20.04+p18.0.36.0+t210526.1459' for 'psa-firewall' was not found



    Installation wird nicht fortgesetzt
    Error: Die Ausführung von apt-get ist fehlgeschlagen. Fehlermeldung:
    Es wurden nicht alle Pakete installiert.
    Rufen Sie https://support.plesk.com/ auf, um eine Lösung für dieses Problem zu finden.

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    Tony

    thanks @... for the information in April that "Support for Atomic ruleset for Ubuntu 20.04 in Plesk is planned but not implemented yet."

    Do you have any additional information on the timeline to support the Atomic ruleset? 

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    George Alibegashvili

    Hello Tony 

    Support for Atomicorp ModSecurity on Ubuntu 20.04 is planned to be implemented during the fourth quarter of 2021 (Q4 2021).To be up to date with the information on this matter, monitor the Plesk Change Log page:
    https://docs.plesk.com/release-notes/obsidian/change-log/ 
    As soon as the support for Atomicorp ModSecurity on Ubuntu 20.04 is done, the corresponding message will be published.

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    Stephan

    Hello George,

    any News on „ Support for Atomicorp ModSecurity“?

    Your last info was „Planned for Q4/21“…

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    George Alibegashvili

    Hello Stephan

    I clarified and Atomic (tortix) ModSecurity rule set is not supported in Ubuntu 20.04 yet.

    Currently, I do not have ETA. To be up to date with the information on this matter, monitor the Plesk Change Log page:
    https://docs.plesk.com/release-notes/obsidian/change-log/ 

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    Mark (Edited )

    Any update on the Atomic (tortix) ModSecurity rule set? Should we install 'aum' ourself? Atomic writes that it works on Ubuntu 20: https://forums.atomicorp.com/viewtopic.php?t=8954

    • Install aum, which will install and configure modsecurity and our rules. 
      sudo wget -q -O - https://updates.atomicorp.com/installers/aum |bash
    • Configure aum 
      sudo aum configure
      Enter the Username / Password from step 1
    • Tell aum to install the rules 
      sudo aum -u
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    Stephan

    I am also still very interested in the topic "Atomic (tortix) ModSecurity rule set".

    With ubuntu 18.04 we are slowly but surely approaching EOL.

    Will the Atomic (tortix) ModSecurity rule set Advanced (purchased through Plesk) be available for (at least) ubuntu 20.04 before EOL of 18.04?

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    Stephan

    Atomicorp (tortix): https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020552780?page=1

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