Unable to rename the domain: A virtual directory with the specified name already exists

Dmitry Bystrov

10 months ago

Symptoms

Renaming a domain in Plesk fails with the following error:

Error: Unable to rename the domain: A virtual directory with the specified name already exists.

The directory chosen as a Docroot for the domain already exists.

Log into Plesk
Rename the folder with the same name in the Home directory in Subscriptions > example.com > File Manager:

Alternatively, set another unique name for document root of the new domain.

Connect to the server via SSH
Rename the folder with same name at /var/www/vhosts/system/ with the following command:

# mv /var/www/vhosts/system/rename.example.com/ /var/www/vhosts/system/rename.example.com_renamed/

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