Do you want to restrict Plesk to IPs? We can help you.

Usually, we can either prevent administrative access from specific IP addresses restrict administrative access to specific IP addresses.

At Bobcares, we often receive requests to do this as a part of our Server Management Services.

Today, let’s discuss this in detail and see how our Support Engineers do it easily.

Why do we restrict Plesk to IPs?

When we want to manage a large variety of services on a server, we usually choose Plesk.

Also, its most evident advantage is that it supports multiple Operating Systems. But, sometimes some attacks may lead to compromising the administrator password.

In such cases, a third party can access Plesk and damage the server and the hosted websites.

To avoid this, we try to restrict the administrator access from some IPs.

How we restrict Plesk to IPs?

So far we have discussed why we restrict IPs in Plesk. Now, let’s discuss the two methods to do it in detail.

1. Prevent administrative access to Plesk from specific IP addresses

Recently one of our customers approached us with a problem. He wants to block a particular IP from accessing the Plesk administrative panel.

Our Support Engineers checked and denied administrative access to some specified IP addresses using the below steps.

1. Firstly, in Plesk, go to Tools & Settings >>Restrict Administrative Access.
2. Next, click on Settings.
3. Then, choose the Allowed, excluding the networks in the list option and click OK.
4. After that, to deny access from certain IPs, click Add Network and specify the required IP address or addresses.
5. Then, we have the option to give individual IP addresses or subnets of IP addresses.
6. Finally, after specifying the IP addresses, we click on OK.

2. Limit administrative access to Plesk to specific IP addresses

Similarly, we can only allow certain IP’s to have Plesk administrative access. It minimizes the chances of unauthorized access to Plesk but makes it difficult to access Plesk from an unusual location.

We do this by following the below steps.

1. Firstly, in Plesk, go to Tools & Settings >>Restrict Administrative Access.
2. Next, click on Settings.
3. Then, choose the Denied from the networks that are not listed and click OK.
4. After that, click Add Network and specify the required IP address or addresses from which the access is possible.
5. Then, we have the option to give individual IP addresses or subnets of IP addresses and finally click on OK.

In this way, we restrict IPs in Plesk and avoid unauthorized third party accesses.

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Conclusion

In short, we restrict Plesk to IPs to avoid unauthorized third party access that can cause damage to the server and the hosted websites. In today’s writeup, we have discussed this topic in-depth and saw how our Support Engineers do it for our customers.