Plesk Subdomain: what is the directory structure ?Where do the html files need to be placed?
My problem is very similar to the one presented by HenryWilfredd.
The answers submitted do not tell me where my html files should go.
when i try my subdomain i see the same message as indicated below.
Are DNS records need, if so can an example be provided?
Are manual changes to http.conf need?
Comment from HenryWilfred
Date: 03/03/2005 06:50AM PST
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I am not asking the question very well. Sorry. I have built websites. I have never used subdomains before and am unable to get past a startup problem
I have created subdomains using Plesk. When I create a subdomain, Plesk build the subdomain as a copy of the parent domain. If I go out to look at it at sub.domain.com I get a message that says:
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"You may now add content to the directory /var/www/html/. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page, and not your content. To prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.
You are free to use the images below on an Apache and Red Hat powered HTTP server. Thanks for using Apache and Red Hat Enterprise Linux!"
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The file referenced .../etc/httpd/conf.d/welco
How do I get started with rthis subdomain?
The answers submitted do not tell me where my html files should go.
when i try my subdomain i see the same message as indicated below.
Are DNS records need, if so can an example be provided?
Are manual changes to http.conf need?
Comment from HenryWilfred
Date: 03/03/2005 06:50AM PST
Author Comment
I am not asking the question very well. Sorry. I have built websites. I have never used subdomains before and am unable to get past a startup problem
I have created subdomains using Plesk. When I create a subdomain, Plesk build the subdomain as a copy of the parent domain. If I go out to look at it at sub.domain.com I get a message that says:
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"You may now add content to the directory /var/www/html/. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page, and not your content. To prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.
You are free to use the images below on an Apache and Red Hat powered HTTP server. Thanks for using Apache and Red Hat Enterprise Linux!"
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The file referenced .../etc/httpd/conf.d/welco
How do I get started with rthis subdomain?
I'm using Plesk 7.5.4 and when I create a subdomain the web files go in (assuming you selected the option to use the same FTP login) "/subdomains/SUBDOMAIN_NAM
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I think that I need to modify the http.conf file
i believe that the follwing is the path to where my subdomain files should go
/var/www/vhosts/ourdomainn
I've noticed that plesk's subdomain creator added an A record to our DNS structure for the subdomain
does this look like what i should add to my http.conf file?:
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.ourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/ourdomainn
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName engineering.gkmachine.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/ourdomainn
</VirtualHost>
i believe that the follwing is the path to where my subdomain files should go
/var/www/vhosts/ourdomainn
I've noticed that plesk's subdomain creator added an A record to our DNS structure for the subdomain
does this look like what i should add to my http.conf file?:
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.ourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/ourdomainn
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName engineering.gkmachine.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/ourdomainn
</VirtualHost>
You shouldn't have to make any changes to your httpd.conf file.
What version of Plesk are you using? Depending on your version, you may have different options.
In the create a subdomain page did you see an option for FTP user to either:
- Use the FTP user account of the main domain
- Create a separate FTP user account for this subdomain?
What version of Plesk are you using? Depending on your version, you may have different options.
In the create a subdomain page did you see an option for FTP user to either:
- Use the FTP user account of the main domain
- Create a separate FTP user account for this subdomain?
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Plesk 8
Ftp user, yes i created a user for this site, actually used this domain as an FTP transfer point once
Ftp user, yes i created a user for this site, actually used this domain as an FTP transfer point once
Ok, when you log in using that new FTP user account do you see a list of folders?
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httpdocs
httpsdocs
cgi-bin
conf
error_docs
httpsdocs
cgi-bin
conf
error_docs
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ok, i placed a simple default.htm in the ftp location for httpdocs
http://mysubdomain.mydomain.com gives me the generic VPS apache test page.
http://mysubdomain.mydomain.com/default.htm works like i hoped the previous line would have worked
how do i set default.htm as the default for this subdomain
http://mysubdomain.mydomain.com gives me the generic VPS apache test page.
http://mysubdomain.mydomain.com/default.htm works like i hoped the previous line would have worked
how do i set default.htm as the default for this subdomain
Easiest way is to just rename the file to index.html (or index.htm).
Or if you really want to use default.htm as the default document you could edit httpd.conf and add "default.htm" to the list of files under DirectoryIndex.
Or if you really want to use default.htm as the default document you could edit httpd.conf and add "default.htm" to the list of files under DirectoryIndex.
To upload files to the main domain, what folder are you currently uploading to (e.g. /httpdocs)?