How to Change the Web Server Engine Used by Plesk for Windows

February 17, 2008 by Mohammed Leave a comment

You can switch the web server engine used by Plesk with Plesk Reconfigurator. You can choose either Apache and Internet Information Server (IIS).

NOTE: Changing web server engines can have drastic effects on the performance and stability of your Plesk server. Switch to another web server engine only if you are sure what you are doing.

To switch Plesk to the Apache web server engine:

Run the following command in the %plesk_dir%\admin\bin\ folder (where %plesk_dir% is the system variable defining the folder where Plesk is installed):

reconfigurator.exe –switch-plesk-web-server –new-provider=apache

To switch Plesk to IIS web server engine:

Run the following command in the %plesk_dir%\admin\bin\ folder (where %plesk_dir% is the system variable defining the folder where Plesk is installed):

reconfigurator.exe –switch-plesk-web-server –new-provider=iis