How to change Default Server Page for domains in disabled status

Alisa Kasyanova

Updated May 28, 2020 13:40

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Question

How to change Default Server Page for domains in disabled status?

Answer

Note: The default server page is shown in case if domain is disabled or the server's IP address is specified in address bar.

To enable default server page:

Log in to Plesk
Go to Tools & Settings > IP Addresses and click the IP address to edit its settings.
Set Default siteoption to None

To customize the default page:

Log in to Plesk server via SSH or RDP
Edit or replace the file /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/index.html (Plesk for Linux) or %plesk_vhosts%default\htdocs\index.html (Plesk for Windows).

Warning: it's not recommended to place index.php to default web server website document root as it may break Plesk installation

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9 comments

Luis Zubeldia June 21, 2017 15:18

How can add support php in /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/

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Artyom Baranov July 04, 2017 19:52

Hello, Luis

Plesk does not have such functionality at the moment, however, you can suggest php support for the Default Server Page by referring to the following link: https://plesk.uservoice.com/forums/184549-feature-suggestions

The top-ranked suggestions are likely to be included in the next versions of Plesk.

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Iain March 16, 2018 15:21
The comment about php support is important. My case was...

I wanted to change the default behaviour of the default site to redirect to another site, and so I renamed the default <index.html> to <index.html.old> and dropped in a .php file. This lead me quickly discovering php wasn't supported for the default site, so...

I created a small <index.html> to use a META REFRESH plus a JavaScript window.location.replace to do the same job and removed the index.php, BUT... the default site continued try and serve <index.php>, so I was left with either:
1. 404 becasue I'd rememved <index.php>, or
2. Being asked if I wanted to save/download the <index.php> (if I put it back) as the box wasn't parsing the file
Even if I explicitly requested /index.html, the default site INSISTED on trying to serve <index.php> with one of the above outcomes depending on whether the file existed or not.

Is this caching by nginx causing the problem? I cured it by creating a subscription in the name of the default site, but I can't understand why the server be 'fixated' on serving <index.php> even when the file no longer existing and there was an <index.html>. Not even the original default <index.html> would work...only one of the two error in trying to serve <index.php>!
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Alexander Tsmokalyuk March 23, 2018 18:03

@Lain Could you provide the OS and Plesk version details?

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Iain March 23, 2018 18:29

Hi @Alexander

OS CentOS Linux 7.4.1708 (Core)

Product Plesk Onyx
Version 17.5.3 Update #43, last updated on Mar 11, 2018 04:30 PM

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Alexander Tsmokalyuk April 07, 2018 18:50

Hi Lain, I have reproduced this behavior on a test server and discussed it with the developers. It is not recommended to replace default index.html with index.php at /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs as we cannot guarantee Plesk functionality in that case. I have updated the article.

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Iain April 07, 2018 19:44

Strange that using a php page as the default server page should cause problems with the Plesk instalation. It's not as if it does much other than say it's a default page on a Plesk machine.

I presume you can change the html without causing Plesk problems?

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hostnamaste October 18, 2019 11:51

Hi,

I want change single domain PHP version in command line. Could you please help how to change php version in command line in single domain

We have using plesk linux

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Bulat Tsydenov October 30, 2019 15:55
@hostnamaste

Hi,

You can do it with help of this command:
```
plesk bin site -u example.com -php_handler_id fastcgi
```
fastcgi - ID of the corresponding PHP handler. You can get the list of all of the available PHP handlers IDs on your server with this command:
```
plesk bin php_handler --list
```
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