The Plesk initialization - also known as initial configuration - is the first thing you need to do in Plesk after installing it. Until Plesk is initialized, any other operations are prohibited. Initialization sets the Plesk administrator's password, email, and contact information.
To initialize Plesk:
(Advanced) To initialize Plesk via XML API:
Send to the server a request packet that satisfies the following conditions:
<packet>
<server>
<initial_setup>
<admin>
<admin_cname>JohnDoe BV.</admin_cname>
<admin_pname>John Doe</admin_pname>
<admin_phone>+49 89333333</admin_phone>
<admin_fax>+49 893333303</admin_fax>
<admin_email>john@example.com</admin_email>
<admin_address>Theatinerstrasse 96</admin_address>
<admin_city>Muenchen</admin_city>
<admin_state>Bavaria</admin_state>
<admin_pcode>80333</admin_pcode>
<admin_country>DE</admin_country>
<send_announce>true</send_announce>
</admin>
<password>Qwerty1234</password>
<server_name>example.com</server_name>
</initial_setup>
</server>
</packet>
(Advanced) To initialize Plesk via CLI:
Run the following command (you should have the superuser privileges on Linux and power user privileges on Windows):
/usr/local/psa/bin/init_conf --init -passwd jskekekHTD -email johndoe@example.com
%plesk_cli%\init_conf.exe --init -passwd jskekekHTD -email johndoe@example.com