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Changing Plesk site hosting type returns an error: vhostmng-structure failed: Cannot create directory /httpdocs: Permission denied

Pablo Alvarez

Updated February 24, 2025 19:30

Plesk for Linux kb: technical

Applicable to:

Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

Changing a domain's hosting type from no web hosting to Web hosting in Plesk returns the following error:

Error: hosting update is failed: vhostmng-structure failed: Cannot create directory /httpdocs: Permission denied System error 13: Permission denied

Cause

The files inside the webspace have incorrect permissions or ownership.

Resolution

Connect to the server via SSH.
Fix permissions for the webspace example.com using the command below:

# plesk repair fs example.com

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