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Resolution

 You should install Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.1 and Parallels Plesk Billing 6.0.1.

Note that Parallels Plesk Billing 6.0.0 does not work with Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.1, for details see article http://kb.parallels.com/en/5985.
If you used Parallels Plesk Panel 6.0.0 before and upgraded Parallels Plesk Panel to version 9.0.1, you should also upgrade Parallels Plesk Billing to version 6.0.1.

You may install Parallels Plesk Billing Bundle via Plesk autoinstaller. For details see Installing Parallels Plesk Billing Bundle.

 After Parallels Plesk Billing Bundle is installed button "Billing" should appear under "Accounts" on page "Home" in Parallels Plesk Panel. If the button is missing it may be hidden in page preset. Check and enable the button in preset configuration for Default Administrator Home Page at {Settings -> Interface Management -> Home Page Presets}.

The button leads to "Administrative Login" of Parallels Plesk Billing: https://<sso hostname>:8443/plesk-billing/admin/login.php.

NOTE: Parallels Plesk Billing Bundle does not work with Parallels Plesk Panel if PHP option display_errors is enabled in Plesk PHP configuration. Verify that the option is 'Off'. You may check with the following command:


If display_errors is 'On' change the option and restart sw-cp-server to apply the changes:


 You may configure login to Parallels Plesk Billing through Parallels Plesk Panel via SSO. In this case authorization to Parallels Plesk Billing is performed automatically after button "Billing" it clicked in Parallels Plesk Panel.

SSO is an application for sw-cp-server. After installation restart sw-cp-server and verify SSO application is up and running:


 You may register Parallels Plesk Panel in SSO server with Plesk utility /usr/local/psa/bin/sso:


and enable it:


For registering Parallels Plesk Billing in SSO server you should login to Parallels Plesk Billing as administrator and change to page SSO Settings as {System -> System Configuration -> SSO Settings}. On the page enter URL for SSO server to Admin CP Settings and Client CP Settings and click Submit Changes. To enable SSO mode on the same page mark option Enable SSO and click Submit Changes to finish.

 Then you should assign your Plesk and Billing user to the same global account. For example to assign Plesk user 'admin' and Billing user 'admin' to same global account.

Login to Parallels Plesk Panel with user 'admin' and change to {System -> Global Account -> Connect To Global Account}.

Connection to a global account ---------------------------------------
Connect your current local account to a new or existing global account

Select a global account to connect to:     [ ] Use current global account
                                           [ ] Use existing global account
                                           [ ] Create new global account
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To assign select an option and put login credentials of global account.

Then login to Parallels Plesk Billing as administrator and assign it to the same global account {System -> Global Account -> Connect To Global Account}:

Connect To Global Account
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Connect user 'admin' to Global Account:

[ ] Connect to current
[ ] Connect to existing
[ ] Create new
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After assignment you may login to Parallels Plesk Billing without password. It is enough to click button "Billing" in Parallels Plesk Panel.

 If SSO server was reconfigured, for example change hostname or SSL certificate was changed you should re-register Parallels Plesk Panel and Parallels Plesk Billing in SSO server anew.

To register Parallels Plesk Panel in SSO server:


To register Parallels Plesk Billing you should login to the control panel and change to page {System -> System Configuration -> SSO Settings}. Remove check boxes and click button Submit Changes to apply. Then enter new SSO server into "Register in SSO" and click Submit Changes again.

IMPORTANT: After new registration you should assign Plesk and Billing users to global account anew!

Additional information

Run utility /usr/local/psa/bin/sso with "--help" to get list of all available options.