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Log in to your Plesk account. Go to Websites & Domains > Click on the Pull icon >> Choose Backup & Restore. Under Backup Manager, click on Back Up. Choose the backup type. Checkmark Exclude specific files from the backup. Enter the path of the file you want to exclude, such as: /httpdocs/directory/filename.jpg To exclude a whole directory, enter: /httpdocs/images To exclude only specific extensions such as PNG, enter: /httpdocs/images/*.png Confirm with OK. The backup will start generating in the background. At this point, you can navigate away from the page.

Follow this tutorial to create an email account in Plesk. Log in to your Plesk account. Click on Mail from the Sidebar Menu. Click on Create Email Address. Under the General tab, fill up the following details: Email Address: Enter an email, and should you have multiple domains, choose the appropriate one from the drop-down menu. Password: Enter a password or click on Generate to create one. Click on Show to copy the password. Mailbox: Select Default size or Another size and enter the amount of storage space. Click OK.

You can access the FTP account using the Plesk login details, which gives you full access to the home directory. However, if you want to create an FTP user account for a specific directory, you can create a separate FTP account. Log in to your Plesk account. Click on Websites & Domains from the Sidebar Menu. Under the list of Domain names, click on the appropriate domain. Under Files & Databases, click on FTP Access. Click on Add an FTP Account. Fill in the following details: FTP account name: Enter a name such as john. It will be used as an FTP username. Home directory: Click on the directory icon to select the appropriate directory. If you grant access to a sub-directory, the user will not access outside the assigned sub-directory. Password: Enter a password or click on Generate to generate one. Click Show to display the password and copy

Follow this tutorial to create Scheduled Tasks (Cron Jobs) in Plesk. Log in to your Plesk account. Click on the Pull icon in the right sidebar and choose Scheduled Tasks. Under Scheduled Tasks, click on Add Task. Enter the following details: Webspace: Choose the appropriate domain from the drop-down menu in case of multiple domains. Task Type: Choose the appropriate option as per your needs. Command/Script Path: Depend on your choice. If you choose Task type to Run a command, then enter a command. Run: To run your command every day, choose Daily and enter time and hour. Description: Type the description of the task. Notify: Select Errors only or leave it as it is. . Click OK. Your task will be scheduled. Click on Run Now to verify the task.

You can generate a backup of your database and download it to your computer using Plesk. Log in to your Plesk account. Click on Databases from the Sidebar Menu. Choose the database you want to download from the list of databases. Proceed with Export Dump, and a popup box will appear. Choose the directory where your database dump will be saved. Checkmark Automatically download dump after creation, and confirm with OK. Once a database dump is generated, your browser will prompt you to download it.