Plesk 12.x / Linux :: How To Change Document Root With Web Applications Installed
Feb 8, 2015
i am relatively new to Plesk, i ordered a vserver with Plesk a couple of months ago and spend a lot of time setting everything up and developing several new websites. I am used to developping new websites on a hidden adress (sth like domain.com/dev/ instead of the top level) and then switch the document root to point to the hidden directory when all is done. This practice has served me and my clients well for the last 10 years.
Using the Plesk features like built-in applications seemed like a good idea at the time but wanting to switch the new websites live i have now found out that Plesk won't let me do this since..It is impossible to change document root because there are web applications installed on this website.
I had read somewhere on the interweb that the v12 would let me do this so i just spent the better part of today updating to v12 .. but alas no luck, the limitation is still there. Is there a way to remove this limitation ?
There is a bug in the current Plesk version 12, which was encountered on many of our Plesk 12 server until now. I do have Plesk 12.0.18 Update #23 with CentOS 6.
When a customer changes for example the document root of a domain nginx does not recognize it and the administrator of the server do have to restart nginx manually.
This issue is serious because CSS, JS and images are not working on such a page where a customer changed the document root. Nginx is throwing 404 error until nginx is restarted manually.
Other customers do have the same issue: [URL] .....
And I think everything is working. When openingen 127.0.0.1 I see the apache message that the server is running and when executing phpinfo() it displays the PHP info.
My problem is that I'm trying to change the document root.
After this I did a reboot of the apache server using the CMD httpd -k restart. I even tried restarting using the apachemonitor and rebooted the whole server. But apache still loads the files from c:/Apache24/htdocs
I can't find any more entries with htdocs to change. What am I missing?
However, I plan on running multiple website (not linked whatsoever) on the server. I have LXAdmin and HyperVM. Is it possible to get additional files, such as:
/home/site2/public_html/
then etc..
/home/site3/public_html/
Is this possible? Because, would each need its own IP for the DNS?
I tried to install Joomla on my server from applications ( Not manualy ) . I go at applications on plesk's panel then i click on Joomla and the click to install it. After that , it shows that it's downloadiing ( Downloading Joomla... ) and it isn't doing anything else. It remained stuck at 0% like forever. I waited more than 2 hours once, and it didn't do anything. It was just stuck at zero. Other applications are working.
Basic question: does it matter where I set the document root for apache on a Linux system? I've googled this but haven't found a good answer.
This is for a VPS server running the Ubuntu (Debian) server os that I'm configuring. I'd prefer to simply create a new directory off the root and set that as the document root in the apache config file. Would this present any kind of security issue?
If that's no good, what's the best choice -- stick to the default?
I bought a new plesk and created new domains. For some odd reason, all the domains are looking at the default document root.
/var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/ Rather than going to the domains document root /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf
I checked the /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/httpd.include, the document root and all are fine.
I also tried creating vhost.conf and assigning the document root there. /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng --reconfigure-vhost --vhost-name=domain.com -v
I installed a centos4.7 with ISPCONFIG2 control panel, but any account I create it points to the documentroot of apache.
I am running my server behind a router.
On the /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf the document roots are : Document Root /var/www/web11/web for xxx1.com Document Root /var/www/web10/web for xxx2.net
but when i type ant site, it goes to : Document Root /var/www/
I am running a LAMP server, working to get everything configured and as secure as I can make it. I have been trying to decide weather to change the document root to a different directory, or if it would be better/worse or more/less secure to chown and chmod the current directory.
Any input would be helpful, I just don't want to overlook some small detail as this is my first time handling a server on my own.
I've done some manual change of document root in httpd.conf for a user. I know that now, I don't need to to manual change since user can set there own folder!
Now, If I rebuild Apache, he will re-do all the configuration to the original one. Where can I find the settings for domain document root so I can change it and EasyApache will rebuild the httpd.conf correctly?
I don't want to remove the domain since I'll lost all email account!
I am running Debian 7.5 and after a recent re-install of plesk and the os I am unable to download any applications. As soon as I run install wordpress or any other application the download bar just sits at zero.
We have installed the latest version of Plesk on our server. Our web applications work fine. But we can not send or receive emails. Neither the webmail (login failed) nor pop3 / imap and mail forms on web projects.
I have a client on a dedicated IP, today we needed to downgrade the web hosting plan. As the web hosting plan puts users on a default shared IP, this plan change also changed the dedicated IP to the shared one causing some propagation issues for a small period of time.
I have contacted WHMCS about this asking if they had a way of changing the clients plan but keeping the IP address intact as this could lead to some very undesirable outcomes. They explained that it is not their fault and to contact Parallels.
I know I can change the plan directly in Plesk however by initiating the plan change via WHMCS, everything is automated.
I have a problem with Parallels Plesk 12 Web Host Edition. In the dashboard, Plesk tells me that Spamassassin service is not running and not installed.
How to setting up it ? Is there a component, a service to buy, or do i have to configure it through SSH ?
I got an email from my server telling me "tty1" has logged into root. Can anyone tell me what that means? Is this some sort of hack? Usually it tells me which IP logged when someone logs in not "tty1".
I've installed PHP-FPM into Plesk 12 and it is showing as a running service. However I can't find any way of enabling it per site at all. I'm still just getting the 3 standard PHP options:
Apache module CGI application FastCGI application
The documentation states the option would be available on a per-site basis but it isn't.
i've uninstalled nginx and php-fm from plesk panel.but phpmyadmin info still showing it is running on nginx 1.6 and while uploading sql file i'm getting 503 gateway error.
I are running an Plesk 11.5 on a Ubuntu 12.04 machine. Since days i have problems where i see scripts of phishing sites and mailer scripts installed in the httpdocs directory of various domain.
How I can prevent that people outsiders install this scripts on the server? Where is the bug that allows this?
