How to change Default Server Page for domains in disabled status

Alexander Tsmokalyuk

Updated October 19, 2019 08:52

Applicable to:

Plesk 12.5 for Linux
Plesk 12.5 for Windows

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 site option to None

To customize the default page:

Log in to Plesk server via SSH
Edit or replace the file /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/index.html

To configure index.php as default server page instead of index.html, follow instructions from article:

How to execute PHP files on default web server page?

WARNING: it's not recommended to place index.php to default web server website document root at /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs as it may break Plesk installation

Comments

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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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