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skeleton: Virtual Host Templates

 
cli linuxusing command line utilitiescli

The skeleton utility is used to manage site directory structure
templates through CLI. By using this utility, you can perform the
following tasks:

  • installing a template on a client account from a file
  • resetting a template on a client account to the Plesk default
    template

Usage

skeleton <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

Example

The following command installs a virtual host template from the file
/usr/local/skeletons/siteskeleton (in the ZIP format) for the client
with the login name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton --install JDoe -filename /usr/local/skeletons/siteskeleton -force-type zip

Commands

Command Parameter Description Example
--install or -i <client_login_name>

Installs a virtual host template from a file for a client
account.

Requires the -filename option.

To install a template from the file
/usr/local/skeletons/siteskeleton.zip for the client with
the login name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton --install JDoe -filename /usr/local/skeletons/siteskeleton -force-type zip

or

plesk bin skeleton -i JDoe -filename siteskeleton -force-type zip

--reset or -r <client_login_name> Installs the Plesk default template for a client account.

To install the default template for the client with the login
name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton --reset JDoe

or

plesk bin skeleton -r JDoe

--help or -h   Displays help on the use of the utility.

To view help on the use of the utility:

plesk bin skeleton --help

or

plesk bin skeleton -h


Options

Option Parameter Description Example
-filename <file_path>

Specifies a path to a virtual host template file.

Used with the --install only.

To install a template from the file
/usr/local/skeletons/siteskeleton (in the ZIP format) for
the client with the login name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton -i JDoe -filename /usr/local/skeletons/siteskeleton -force-type zip

-force-type zip|tgz|tar.gz|tar

Forces specification of a virtual host template file format.

Used with the --install only.

 
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