The ipmanage.exe utility serves to manage Plesk IP addresses. This utility allows the following:

  • registering IP addresses in Plesk database
  • removing IP addresses from Plesk database
  • assigning an SSL/TLS certificate to an IP
  • changing a network interface for an IP
  • viewing a list of available IP addresses, SSL/TLS certificates, and interfaces

Location

%plesk_cli%

Usage 

ipmanage.exe <command> [<IP>] [
<option 1> <param> [<option 2> <param>] ... [<option N> <param>]
]

Example

The following command creates IP address 192.0.2.10 with a subnet mask 255.255.255.0, sets the Local Area Connection interface for it, makes this IP address exclusive (available for using by only one client), and assigns the SSL/TLS certificate called My certificate to the IP.

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --create 192.0.2.10 -mask 255.255.255.0 -interface "\"Local Area Connection"\" -type exclusive -ssl_certificate "My certificate"

Commands

Command Parameter Description Example
--create or -c <IP>

Creates an IP address in Plesk database.

Requires -type, -ssl_certificate, -mask, -interface options.

 See Example above.
--update or -u <IP> Changes IP address properties.

To change IP 192.0.2.123 type to exclusive:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --update 192.0.2.123 -type exclusive

--remove or -r <IP> Removes an IP address from Plesk database.

To remove IP 192.0.2.123:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --remove 192.0.2.123

--reread   Rereads the IP addresses.

To reread the IP addresses:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --reread

--ip_list or -l   Outputs the list of existing IP addresses.

To view the list of existing IP addresses:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --ip_list

--ssl_list or -s   Outputs the list of available SSL/TLS certificates.

To view the list of available SSL/TLS certificates:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --ssl_list

--inter_list or -f   Outputs the list of available network interfaces.

To view the list of available network interfaces:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --inter_list

--xml-info or -xi   Displays information about all available IP address in the XML format.

To view information about all available IP addresses in the XML format:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --xml-info

or

ipmanage.exe -xi

--reset_ssl_certificate   Specifies a default SSL/TLS certificate to all available IP addresses.

To set default SSL/TLS certificate to all available IP addresses:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --reset_ssl_certificate

--auto-remap-ip-addresses true|false Defines whether to perform the automatic mapping of IP addresses on Plesk startup. Use the option in cases when the registered IP addresses are changed (for example, when cloning a VPS with Plesk).

To enable automatic mapping of IP addresses on Plesk startup:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --auto-remap-ip-addresses

--change-ip <IP> Reassigns the IP address.

To reassign the IP 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.3:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --change-ip 192.168.1.2 -mask 255 .255.255.0 -interface "\"Local Area Connection"\" -ip 192.168.1.3

--help or -h   Outputs help on the utility use.

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --help

Options

Option Parameter Description Example
-type shared|exclusive

Defines the IP address type: an exclusive IP can be used by only one client, a shared IP can be used by many clients.

Required with --create.

To change IP 192.0.2.123 type to exclusive:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe -u 192.0.2.123 -type exclusive

-ssl_certificate <name>

Specifies a name of SSL/TLS certificate to be used for the IP.

Required with --create.

To assign a default certificate to IP 192.0.2.1:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe -u 192.0.2.1 -ssl_certificate "Default Certificate"

-mask <mask>

Specifies the IP subnet mask.

Used with --create only.

Required with --create.

 To create an IP with 24-bit mask see Example above.
-interface <dev>

Specifies the name of the physical network interface.

Used with --create only.

Required with --create.

 To create an IP for the network interface “Local Area Connection” see Example above.
-ftps true|false Allowsprohibits using FTPS, i.e., accessing FTP associated with the IP over SSL/TLS.

To allow FTPS on IP 192.0.2.1:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe -u 192.0.2.1 -ftps true

-public_ip <IP>

Maps an internal IP to a public one to create NAT.

If used with an empty parameter, removes mapping.

Used with the --create and --update commands.

To map an internal IP 192.168.1.2 to a public IP 198.51.100.1:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe -u 192.168.1.2 -public_ip 198.51.100.1

To remove mapping of an internal IP 192.168.1.2 to a public IP:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe -u 192.168.1.2 -public_ip ""

-ip <IP> Maps the target IP address.

To reassign the IP 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.3:

plesk bin ipmanage.exe --change-ip 192.168.1.2 -mask 255.255.255.0 -interface "\"Local Area Connection"\" -ip 192.168.1.3

Notes

  1. It is preferable that the name of the SSL/TLS certificate is specified as a double-quoted string. If the name of the SSL/TLS certificate contains spaces, double quotes are mandatory.
  2. The name of the network interface must be specified as a double-quoted string. If the name of the network interface contains spaces, then it must be enclosed with "\" characters. For example, the default name for the network adapter used in Windows is Local Area Connection. To specify it, use the following format: -interface “”Local Area Connection””