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Knowledge Base

Appendix A: Configuration Templates Structure

 
advanced administration guide linuxapachedomain namehordeip

A set of configuration template files is structured as follows, assuming
that the root folder is default/ or custom/. Editing these files
changes the Apache configuration.

Root templates are starting points in generating configuration
files. Plesk always starts generating a configuration from one
of these files. All root templates contain statements that
include the other templates located in respective folders
(domain, server and service).
       
image 38607
atmail.php     Root template of a server-wide configuration for Atmail Light.
image 38607
atmailcom.php     Root template of a server-wide configuration for Atmail Full.
image 38607
domainForwarding.php     Root template of a per-website configuration for websites with
forwarding, either standard or frame.
image 38607
domainVhost.php     Root template of a per-website configuration for hosted
websites.
image 38607
domainWebmail.php     Root template of a per-website configuration for a webmail
service.
image 38607
horde.php     Root template of a server-wide configuration for Horde.
image 38607
server.php     Root template of a server-wide configuration for server
services, such as Tomcat, Mailman and several others. For
details, see the contents of the server/ directory below.
image 38607
nginx.php     (In Plesk 11.0+) This template includes the server-wide
configuration of nginx.
image 25890.gif
domain/     Contains templates included in a per-website configuration.
 
image 38607
domainVirtualHost.php   Configuration for hosted website addressed by domain name.
 
image 38607
frameForwarding.php   Configuration for website with frame forwarding.
 
image 38607
nginxDomainVirtualHost.php   (In Plesk 11.0+) This template includes per-website
configuration of nginx.
 
image 38607
standardForwarding.php   Configuration for website with standard forwarding.
 
image 38607
subDomainVirtualHost.php   Configuration for hosted website addressed by subdomain name.
 
image 25890.gif
service/   Contains templates of configuration for website services
included in a website configuration.
   
image 38607
bandWidth.php Configuration for website bandwidth limits.
   
image 38607
errordocs.php Configuration for website error documents.
   
image 38607
protectedDirectories.php Configuration for password-protected website directories.
   
image 38607
tomcat.php Configuration for the Tomcat service on a website.
image 25890.gif
server/     Contains templates included in a server-wide configuration.
 
image 38607
PCI_compliance.php   Defines directives specific to meeting PCI compliance.
 
image 38607
mailman.php   Configuration for the Mailman service.
 
image 38607
nameVirtualHost.php   Defines NameVirtualHost directive.
 
image 38607
tomcat.php   Configuration of the Tomcat service.
 
image 38607
vhosts.php   Configuration for the server default virtual host (a virtual
host addressed if a request is made to an IP address registered
in Plesk but no default website is assigned to it).
image 25890.gif
service/     Contains context-free templates of configuration for various
services.
 
image 38607
asp.php   Configuration for ASP.
 
image 38607
mod_fastcgi.php   Configuration for FastCGI.
 
image 38607
mod_perl.php   Configuration for Perl.
 
image 38607
mod_python.php   Configuration for Python.
 
image 38607
php.php   Configuration for PHP.
 
image 38607
php_over_cgi.php   Configuration for PHP over CGI.
 
image 38607
php_over_fastcgi.php   Configuration for PHP over FastCGI.
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