## Plesk Applications Vault Management

Application vault is the location at Plesk server where you store all site application packages that can be easily deployed at any domain hosted on the server.

The Plesk - Parallels Business Automation - Standard interface (Plesk agent) automatically fetches the information about all site applications available at all Plesk servers registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard. The information about available applications is updated periodically by Plesk agent. Provider can make a Plesk application available for selling in the frame of Plesk hosting plans and set both the setup and recurring fees for an application.

The scheme of Plesk Applications management in Parallels Business Automation - Standard is the following:

- Plesk agent gets the names of site applications from all Plesk nodes registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard and shows these applications' names in a single list under Service Director - Plesk Manager - Applications. The list of applications displays the following:
  - ID. An application numeric identifier assigned in database.
  - Name. An application SHort name.
  - Description. An application short description.
  - Instances. How many running application instances is by now at all Plesk nodes. If you click on an application name, you'll see an application details screen, and then, you can select the Nodes tab to view the list of Plesk nodes an application is installed and see how many application instances is now at each Plesk node. This information is automatically fetched from Plesk nodes approximately once in hour.
- In this case no applications are moved to Parallels Business Automation - Standard Management Node, the applications only become visible in Parallels Business Automation - Standard by their names. All applications stay at Plesk server, thus Applications vault management tools provided in Parallels Business Automation - Standard just allow setting up the automated applications provisioning in the frame of Parallels Business Automation - Standard hosting plans. Applications are recognized by their names, thus it is very important to make sure that all applications are registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard by the same names as at Plesk server.
- Provider can:
  - Add a description to any of existing applications.
  - Make an application available for selling in the frame of Plesk client or Plesk domain hosting plans, i.e., register an application in Parallels Business Automation - Standard.
  - View the Plesk nodes an application is installed. This information is provided by Plesk agent.
  - Manually add an application and make it available for selling in the frame of hosting plans. Please note that Plesk agent does not check whether the application name is correct. If you make a typo in application name and as a result its name will become different from the name on Plesk server, it will be not possible to provide this applications for customers, because Parallels Business Automation - Standard will not find such an application on Plesk server. Thus, if you manually register an application, make sure that you enter the correct name. Plesk agent will later automatically update an application status and get the information about Plesk nodes an application is installed. Manual registration of applications is useful if, for example, you have already started an application installation on Plesk server and want to add and register this application in Parallels Business Automation - Standard without waiting for automated Plesk agent update.

To view the names of applications automatically collected by Plesk agent from registered Plesk nodes:

1. Select Applications under the Plesk Manager. The list of registered applications appears. Registered applications are applications available for sale in the frame of hosting plans.
2. Click the Get Site Applications from Plesk Nodes button. The list of all applications available on all registered Plesk nodes appears. The list displays the following:

- Name. An application name as it is registered at Plesk server.
- Description. An application short description.
- Installed. Green tick means that an application is registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard and can be sold in the frame of a hosting plan. Red cross means that an application is available at one of Plesk servers, but is not available for sale, i.e., this application will be not shown in the list of applications during Plesk domain or client hosting plan creation or under the Applications tab within a hosting plan properties.

To make an application available for Plesk domain or client hosting plans:

- To register applications from the set of automatically recognized by Plesk agent and thus, surely existing on at least one of the Plesk nodes registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard:
  - To register particular applications, check the box next to an application name and click the Register Selected button.
  - To register absolutely all applications, without respect to any selections, click the Register All button.
- To manually add an application, click Applications on the left menu. As the list of registered applications appear, click the Add New Plesk Site Application button:
  - Into the Name field, enter the application name (make sure that the application name you enter is exactly the same as at Plesk node).
  - Add a free-form description of this application into the Description field.
  - Click the Save button.

To see on what Plesk nodes an application is actually installed:

1. Select Applications under the Plesk Manager. The list of registered applications appear.
2. Click on the name of application you want to see the nodes for.
3. As the selected application details appear on the screen, select the Nodes tab. The list of all Plesk nodes registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard appears. The application availability is shown in the Installed column. Green tick next to a node name in the Installed column means that the application is installed on a node. Red cross means that an application is not installed on a node.

Note: Applications availability on the Plesk nodes is detected automatically by Plesk agent polling.

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