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skeleton.exe: Virtual Host Templates

 
cli winusing command line utilities

The skeleton.exe utility is used to manage directory structure
templates. 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

Location

%plesk_cli%

Usage

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

Example

The following command installs a virtual host template from the file
D:skeletonssiteskeleton (in the ZIP format) for the client with
the login name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton.exe --install JDoe -filename D:skeletonssiteskeleton -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 virtual host template from the file
D:skeletonssiteskeleton.zip for the client with the login
name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton.exe --install JDoe -filename D:skeletonssiteskeleton -force-type zip

or

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

--reset or -r <client login name> Installs the Plesk default virtual host template for a client
account.

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

plesk bin skeleton.exe --reset JDoe

or

plesk bin skeleton.exe -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.exe --help

or

plesk bin skeleton.exe -h


Options

Option Parameter Description Example
-filename <file path>

Specifies a path to a virtual host template.

Used with the --install only.

To install a virtual host template from the file
D:skeletonssiteskeleton (in the ZIP format) for the
client with the login name JDoe:

plesk bin skeleton.exe -i JDoe -filename D:skeletonssiteskeleton -force-type zip

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

Forces specification of a template file format.

Used with the --install option only.

 
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