{"id":2372,"date":"2019-01-02T12:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T12:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2372"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","slug":"installing-softaculous-in-plesk-linux","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/admin\/installing-softaculous\/installing-softaculous-in-plesk-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Softaculous in Plesk Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following guide will show you how to install Softaculous on Plesk Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A server with Plesk Linux (Any Plesk version above 9.0 is supported)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have a firewall, then please allow access to all packages from&nbsp;<strong>*.softaculous.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>&nbsp;: Please allow access to the following domains to your firewall as these are the mirrors used to download the script packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">162.55.80.8 #api.softaculous.com<br>103.168.196.0 #s0.softaculous.com<br>51.38.208.85 #s1.softaculous.com<br>37.27.68.87 #s2.softaculous.com<br>178.63.132.196 #s3.softaculous.com<br>95.216.2.79 #s4.softaculous.com<br>15.235.60.218 #s5.softaculous.com<br>51.38.94.231 #s6.softaculous.com<br>15.204.134.13 #s7.softaculous.com<br>148.113.15.242 #s8.softaculous.com<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Softaculous Using GUI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>&nbsp;This method can be used for Plesk 12.0+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Login to your Plesk Control panel with user which has root previliges\nGo to Server Management &gt;&gt; Extensions page and click on the Extensions Catalog tab\nSearch for Softaculous and click on the Install button\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is depicted in the image below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install1-768x321.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The installation process starts once you click on &#8216;install&#8217;. You will be notified once the installation is completed successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Softaculous Using CLI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>&nbsp;This method is for older versions of Plesk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Before starting the installation make sure ionCube Loaders are enabled. Otherwise you will not be able to Install Softaculous. The ionCube Loaders can be downloaded from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ioncube.com\/loaders.php\">here<\/a>. You can also check if ionCube is enabled with the following shell command&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">root&gt; php -m | grep -i ioncube\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Also make sure POSIX is enabled. Otherwise you will not be able to Install Softaculous. You can check if POSIX is enabled with the following shell command&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">root&gt; php -m | grep -i posix\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now SSH to your server and enter following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Installer will start showing the Installation Processes and when done will indicate the same. NOTE: Scripts will be downloaded during this process. The Download Activity will also be shown on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thats it the installation of Softaculous is completed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Plesk_install-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will see the following screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/softaculous_enduser.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/softaculous_enduser.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/softaculous_enduser.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/softaculous_enduser-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/softaculous_enduser-768x369.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to finish the installation quickly and then download the script packages in background use this method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before starting the installation make sure ionCube Loaders are enabled. Softaculous Installer requires Ioncube. Now SSH to your server and enter following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh --quick<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Proxy settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want Softaculous to use proxy settings then you can simply pass the parameters and Softaculous will use the proxy setting provided by you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh proxy proxy_ip=YOUR_IP:PORT proxy_auth=USERNAME:PASSWORD<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Proxy Parameters&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>proxy_ip (Required)&nbsp;: Enter your Proxy server&#8217;s IP and port.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>proxy_auth (optional)&nbsp;: Enter the proxy server&#8217;s authentication details i.e. Username and Password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1666,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-2372","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6174,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2372\/revisions\/6174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}