Plesk-MWES Connector is a connector for bridging Plesk and MailWasher Enterprise Server. This script is intended for Plesk-based server administrators. If you are a desktop user or are administrating a single-site setup you are in the wrong place; please see http://www.firetrust.com for a better suited solution.
Please note: MailWasher Enterprise Server will be referred to as MWES from this point forward. Plesk Panel will simply be referred to as Plesk.
- Domain names will be created and removed within MWES when created or removed in Plesk. This includes aliases and subdomains!
- Full E-mail reporting and receipts for all Plesk-MWES Connector actions.
- Automatic synchronization of domain names via cron, or a scheduled task. This function ensures all domain names within Plesk are in MWES, and that all domain names not in Plesk are removed from MWES.
- Manual synchronization via the command line.
- Manage MWES domains via the command line.
Linux
Plesk 8.6+.
MailWasher Enterprise Server (MWES) 2.8.1.0+.
Python 2.6+ (Untested with prior versions).
Python Modules: pycurl, smtplib, urllib (Most should be standard on Linux distributions).
Note for Windows Server users: This script will work just fine, but I do not provide installation instructions. A lot of mucking about with Python libraries is required but it is easy enough to figure out!
All domain names that are NOT in Plesk will be REMOVED from MWES. If you want to use domains in MWES that are not in Plesk you will need to avoid this function entirely.
The primary purpose of synchronization is to be run daily via a scheduler to ensure that data between Plesk and MWES is consistant. If a domain is added to Plesk but is not in MWES then all mail going to that domain will be immediately rejected! Running the sync command daily ensures that at the longest a domain's E-mail will be out of action for 24 hours in a worse case scenario. While desychronization should never naturally occur it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED a daily sync is performed.
The following steps assume you have Plesk and MWES installed and running with a working configuration. If you have not yet gotten to this point, please refer to the MWES documentation for installation instructions.
I have a detailed post about installing MWES in a Plesk environment on my blog:
http://a.llen.co.nz/chris/2011/09/installing-mailwasher-enterprise-server-in-a-plesk-panel-environment/
- Copy plesk-mwes-connector.py to /opt/mwes.
- Set the owner and group of the script to mwes, and change the permissions to u:rwx,g:---,o:--- :
chown mwes:mwes /opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py chmod 700 /opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py - It is now safe to configure the script. Fire up your favorite editor and supply the information required in the EDIT section of the script.
- You should now import ALL domain names into MWES via the sync tool. If you installed the script in the default location:
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py sync
If your configuration is wrong you will find out at this point. Correct the error and repeat this step. If you have notifications enabled you will receive a synchronization report. - Please follow the appropriate steps below for your version of Plesk. The instructions will assume the script is installed in the default location.
- Login to Plesk as admin and browse to the Event Management tool.
- Add the Events below with the following settings: user: root and priority: normal (50).
- Domain alias created
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain <new_domain_alias_name> - Domain alias deleted
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain <old_domain_alias_name> - Domain alias updated
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain <old_domain_alias_name> <new_domain_alias_name> - Subdomain created
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain <new_subdomain_name>.<new_domain_name> - Subdomain deleted
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain <old_subdomain_name>.<old_domain_name> - Subdomain updated
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain <old_subdomain_name>.<old_domain_name> <new_subdomain_name>.<new_domain_name> - Website created
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain <new_domain_name> - Website deleted
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain <old_domain_name> - Website updated
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain <old_domain_name> <new_domain_name>
- Browse to Scheduled Tasks. Add a new scheduled task for the root user with the following options:
- Minute: 45
- Hour: 0
- Day of the month: *
- Month: *
- Day of the week: *
- Command:
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py sync >/dev/null 2>&1
- Daily sync is now enabled. If you used the options above the sync will occur at 45 minutes past MIDNIGHT (it is best to stagger scheduled tasks!)
- Login to Plesk as admin and browse to the Server Management > Tools & Utilities > Event Management section.
- Add the Events below with the following settings: user: root and priority: normal (50).
- Domain alias created
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain ${NEW_DOMAIN_ALIAS_NAME} - Domain alias deleted
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain ${OLD_DOMAIN_ALIAS_NAME} - Domain alias updated
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain ${OLD_DOMAIN_ALIAS_NAME} ${NEW_DOMAIN_ALIAS_NAME} - Subdomain created
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain ${NEW_SUBDOMAIN_NAME}.${NEW_DOMAIN_NAME} - Subdomain deleted
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain ${OLD_SUBDOMAIN_NAME}.${OLD_DOMAIN_NAME} - Subdomain updated
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain ${OLD_SUBDOMAIN_NAME}.${OLD_DOMAIN_NAME} ${NEW_SUBDOMAIN_NAME}.${NEW_DOMAIN_NAME} - Website created
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain ${NEW_DOMAIN_NAME} - Website deleted
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain ${OLD_DOMAIN_NAME} - Website updated
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain ${OLD_DOMAIN_NAME} ${NEW_DOMAIN_NAME}
- Browse to Server Management > Tools & Utilities > Scheduled Tasks. Add a new scheduled task for the root user with the following options:
- Minute: 45
- Hour: 0
- Day of the month: *
- Month: *
- Day of the week: *
- Command:
/opt/mwes/plesk-mwes-connector.py sync >/dev/null 2>&1
- Daily sync is now enabled. If you used the options above the sync will occur at 45 minutes past MIDNIGHT (it is best to stagger scheduled tasks!)
The following command line options are available:
- Add a domain:
plesk-mwes-connector.py add-domain <domain name> - Rename a domain:
plesk-mwes-connector.py rename-domain <old domain name> <new domain name> - Remove a domain:
plesk-mwes-connector.py remove-domain <domain name> - Synchronize all domains in MWES with Plesk, or just import all domains from Plesk in to MWES for the first time:
plesk-mwes-connector.py sync
This script was written by Chris Allen of Allenmara Computers, Ltd.
If you would like support, please contact me directly via chris@allenmara.co.nz
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