When someone creates a website, Plesk not only adds a new virtual host
to the web server but also creates the site’s directory structure and
fills the directories with certain initial content. These directories
are located in the corresponding virtual host directories:
- On Linux:
/var/www/vhosts/<domain_name> - On Windows:
C:inetpubvhosts<domain_name>
<domain_name> here is the website’s domain name. The directory
structure is defined by the default virtual host template (see the
sections Virtual Host Structure (Linux) and Virtual
Host Structure (Windows) for details).
If you want to change the files and directories included in new sites,
for example, you want to add scripts or change the error pages, you can
define a custom virtual host template. Resellers can also customize
virtual host templates for their customers.
Note: Subdomains have the same status as domains and employ the same
directory structure. Thus, they have a separate directory in
/var/www/vhosts and their own configuration files, such as
php.ini or vhost.conf.