This article explains how to reset your Plesk Admin user's password in the event that the password is misplaced or forgotten.
This article ONLY applies to Plesk Onyx 17.8.x if you are on an older version of Plesk view this KB article
Please Note: This article is only required if you are on a Cloud or VPS server with Managed.com, this article doesn't apply to shared hosting customers
Starting with Plesk 17.8 the
older methods of change or retrieving the Plesk Admin Password are no longer available for security reasons. There are only two ways to login to Plesk by
generating a one-time use login link via command line in Windows or Linux or resetting the Plesk Admin Password via the command line in Windows or Linux
This article assumes that you know how to SSH and/or RDP into your server to run these steps through SSH Command Line or Windows Command Prompt.
Please Note: On a Windows server, with Managed.com, please inform the Managed.com Support team that you've updated the Plesk Admin password, as the Managed.com Control Suite relies on having this password to properly function. If you do not provide Managed.com with this password Managed.com support will have to reset the password again
Windows Command via Remote Desktop
plesk bin admin --set-admin-password -passwd "your_new_password"
Where you see your_new_password, provide it with the password you'd like to change the Plesk Admin user
Linux Command via SSH
This command below applies to Plesk Linux versions 17.0 and up
plesk bin admin --set-admin-password -passwd 'your_new_password'
Where you see your_new_password, provide it with the password you'd like to change the Plesk Admin user
Take note, in the command above, it may seem similar to the Windows command, it is indeed NOT the same, in Windows we use double quotes (") around the password, in the Linux variant we use single quotes (') around the password
Article ID: 2730, Created: March 4, 2019 at 7:27 PM, Modified: March 4, 2019 at 7:29 PM