Virtual Host Structure (Linux)
The table below shows the list of directories that Plesk creates for each virtual host. Note that Plesk does not add all the directories by default. It creates some of the directories only when the website owner needs them. Such directories are marked as created On demand. For example, after a customer adds a website, it does not have the /web_users directory. Plesk will create it only after the customer adds his first web user.
The following table lists subdirectories of a virtual host directory /var/www/vhosts/<vhost>:
| Directories Tree | User | Group | Permissions | Description | Created | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
/<VHOST> |
|
|
user |
psaserv |
755 |
|
Always |
|
|
/anon_ftp |
|
user |
psaserv |
750 |
Anonymous FTP files |
On demand |
|
|
/error_docs |
|
user |
psacln |
755 |
Error message files |
Always |
|
|
|
<doc>.html |
user |
psaserv |
755 |
|
|
|
|
/httpdocs |
|
user |
psaserv |
750 |
HTTP documents |
Always |
|
|
|
/cgi-bin |
user |
psaserv |
755 |
CGI scripts |
Always |
|
|
/logs |
|
user |
root |
700 |
Link to |
Always |
|
|
/bin |
|
root |
root |
755 |
Chroot environment directories
|
On demand |
|
|
/dev |
|
root |
root |
755 |
||
|
|
/etc |
|
root |
root |
755 |
||
|
|
/lib |
|
root |
root |
755 |
||
|
|
/tmp |
|
root |
root |
755 |
||
|
|
/usr |
|
root |
root |
755 |
||
|
|
/var |
|
root |
root |
755 |
||
|
|
/web_users |
|
root |
root |
755 |
Web users' directory |
On demand |
|
|
|
/<web_user> |
user |
psaserv |
750 |
Web user directory |
On demand |
|
|
/<subdomain> |
|
user |
psaserv |
750 |
HTTP and HTTPs documents of a subdomain |
On demand |
|
|
/<domain> |
|
user |
psaserv |
750 |
HTTP and HTTPs documents of an additional domain |
On demand |
Note: The /httpdocs directory and the /cgi-bin directory inside it should have the owner:psaserv ownership. All other files and directories inside the /httpdocs directory should have the owner:psacln ownership.
The following table lists directories created for a virtual host in the /var/www/vhosts/system/<vhost>:
| Directories Tree | User | Group | Permissions | Description | Created | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
/<VHOST> |
|
|
root |
psaserv |
744 |
|
Always |
|
|
/conf |
|
root |
psaserv |
750 |
Configuration files. |
Always |
|
|
/etc |
|
root |
root |
755 |
Configuration files |
Always |
|
|
/logs |
|
psaadm |
root |
700 |
Virtual host logs |
Always |
|
|
/pd |
|
root |
psaserv |
710 |
Passwords to protected directories |
Always |
|
|
|
d..<dir1>@<dir2> |
root |
psaserv |
310 |
|
Always |
|
|
/statistics |
|
root |
psaserv |
550 |
Statistics directory |
Always |
|
|
|
/anon_ftpstat |
root |
root |
755 |
Anonymous FTP statistics. |
Always |
|
|
|
/ftpstat |
root |
root |
755 |
FTP user statistics |
Always |
|
|
|
/logs |
root |
root |
777 |
Link to |
Always |
|
|
|
/webstat |
root |
root |
755 |
HTTP user statistics |
Always |
|
|
|
/webstat-ssl |
root |
root |
755 |
HTTPS user statistics |
Always |
Differences from Previous Versions
The structure described above was introduced in Plesk 11.5. It has the following differences compared to the structure of earlier Plesk versions:
- Some directories are created on demand. Previously, all the directories were created by default.
- The following directories were moved from
/var/www/vhosts/<VHOST>to/var/www/vhosts/system/<VHOST>:
| Old Location | New Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
|
|
Configuration files |
|
|
|
Passwords to protected directories |
|
|
|
Statistics directory |
|
|
|
Virtual host logs |
- The following directories are not included in Plesk virtual hosts:
/httpsdocs/subdomains/private
