How to Monitor Server and Website Resources in Plesk

How to Monitor Server and Website Resources in Plesk

Plesk provides built-in tools to monitor server performance, resource usage, and website activity in real-time.

Step 1: Log in to Plesk

Visit your Plesk panel:

https://your-server-ip:8443

Log in with your admin or domain credentials.

Step 2: Access Resource Usage

• In the left sidebar, go to Statistics

• Or, under Websites & Domains, click View Usage Statistics for a specific domain

This section shows:

• Disk space and traffic usage

• Mailbox usage

• Database and logs size

Step 3: Use Health Monitoring (if available)

If the Health Monitoring extension is installed:

• Go to Tools & Settings > Health Monitoring

• Here you can track:

  • CPU load

  • RAM usage

  • Disk I/O

  • Network usage

  • Services uptime

You can also configure alerts to notify you when resources exceed safe limits.

Don’t see this option? Install the Plesk Health Monitoring extension via the Extensions Catalog.

Step 4: Monitor Processes

• Go to Tools & Settings > System Monitoring

• Or install the Plesk Process List extension to view active processes

You can:

• Identify high-resource-consuming scripts

• Stop or restart specific processes

• View real-time memory and CPU usage

Step 5: Review Log Files

Use the Logs tool under Websites & Domains to:

• Track access and error logs

• Identify slow scripts or failed requests

• Monitor activity in real-time

Step 6: Monitor Email and DNS

• For mail activity: go to Mail > Mail Settings or Mail Log Browser

• For DNS checks: review Tools & Settings > DNS Settings

Summary of Monitoring Tools in Plesk