Hosting Guides, Tutorials & Server Insights

Choose Windows or Linux hosting by the application, its dependencies, your team's skills and a short proof, with a guide for ASP.NET and PHP.

November 9, 20265 min read

Email

Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC for Plesk email: check the MX, publish one SPF record, turn on DKIM, start DMARC in monitor mode and read the reports.

November 9, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Redirect HTTP to HTTPS on IIS with a permanent rule in web.config, avoid redirect loops behind proxies and update internal links to HTTPS.

November 8, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Back up a Plesk website with Backup Manager, keep a copy off the server, restore it to a test domain and check the database before going live.

November 8, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Fix ASP.NET Core 502.5 process failure on Windows hosting: enable stdout logging, read the event log, and fix the DLL name, runtime or settings.

November 7, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Set up scheduled tasks in Plesk: protect the job endpoint with a token, make jobs safe to repeat, log each run and alert on a missed run.

November 7, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Deploy a website with Git in Plesk: use a read-only deploy key, build on deploy, keep secrets on the server and roll back to a known commit.

November 6, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Connect ASP.NET Core to MS SQL Server on Windows hosting: create the database in Plesk, keep the connection string secret, and run migrations safely.

November 6, 20265 min read

Windows Hosting

Create a website in Plesk, point the DNS at the server, install a free SSL certificate and redirect HTTP to HTTPS in the right order.

November 5, 20265 min read

Hosting guides, tutorials and server insights