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How to enable Serve static files directly by nginx by default?

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Daria Gavrilova
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  • Plesk Onyx for Linux

Question

How to enable Serve static files directly by nginx by default in Plesk > Domains > example.com > Apache & Nginx Settings?

Answer

As of now, this functionality is not implemented in Plesk. Vote for this feature at Plesk UserVoice portal.

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

As a workaround, this can be enabled by using Event Handler. It can be done either via Plesk GUI or via CLI.

via Plesk GUI

 

  1. Log in to Plesk.

  2. Go Tools Settings > Event Manager > Add Event Handler.

  3. Set fields as follows:
    Event:

    CONFIG_TEXT: Default domain (the first domain added to a subscription) created

    Priority:

    CONFIG_TEXT: 0 (lowest)

    User:

    CONFIG_TEXT: root

    Command:

    CONFIG_TEXT: bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh

    Click Install

  • Create trigger.sh script in /usr/local/psa/bin:

    1. Connect to the server via SSH

    2. Create trigger.sh as follows:

      # touch /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh

    3. Use any text editor to add the following lines to the file:

      CONFIG_TEXT: #!/bin/bash
      sleep 10
      date >> /tmp/log 2>&1
      echo $NEW_DOMAIN_NAME >> /tmp/log 2>&1
      plesk bin subscription --update-web-server-settings $NEW_DOMAIN_NAME -nginx-serve-static true -nginx-static-extensions "ac3 avi bmp bz2 css cue dat doc docx dts eot exe flv gif gz htm html ico img iso jpeg jpg js mkv mp3 mp4 mpeg mpg ogg pdf png ppt pptx qt rar rm svg swf tar tgz ttf txt wav woff woff2 xls xlsx zip" >> /tmp/log 2>&1

      Note: -nginx-serve-static can take the values of true or false and -nginx-static-extensions should be used to specify all the extensions we want to be served by nginx.

    4. Create a new domain. It will have Serve static files by nginx enabled by default.

Note: "Default domain created" handles is applied for newly created subscriptions only. Use "Domain created" handler and plesk bin domain --update command in case it is required to do that for additional domains on the subscription.

Via CLI
  1. Login to the server via SSH.
  2. Create trigger.sh as follows:

    # touch /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh

  3. Use any text editor to add the following lines to the file:

    CONFIG_TEXT: #!/bin/bash
    sleep 10
    date >> /tmp/log 2>&1
    echo $NEW_DOMAIN_NAME >> /tmp/log 2>&1
    plesk bin subscription --update-web-server-settings $NEW_DOMAIN_NAME -nginx-serve-static true -nginx-static-extensions "ac3 avi bmp bz2 css cue dat doc docx dts eot exe flv gif gz htm html ico img iso jpeg jpg js mkv mp3 mp4 mpeg mpg ogg pdf png ppt pptx qt rar rm svg swf tar tgz ttf txt wav woff woff2 xls xlsx zip" >> /tmp/log 2>&1

  4. Create Event Handlers with following commands:

    # plesk bin event_handler --create -command "bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh" -priority 0 -user root -event domain_create

    # plesk bin event_handler --create -command "bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh" -priority 0 -user root -event subdomain_create

Additional information

Event Handlers

How to update web server settings for all domains via CLI

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    Mehmet Emin Aydın

    Update current host using this command

     

    mysql -Ns -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` -D psa -e 'select name from dns_zone ORDER BY name ASC' | awk '{print "plesk bin subscription --update-web-server-settings " $1 " -nginx-serve-static true -nginx-static-extensions \"ac3 avi bmp bz2 css cue dat doc docx dts eot exe flv gif gz htm html ico img iso jpeg jpg js mkv mp3 mp4 mpeg mpg ogg pdf png ppt pptx qt rar rm svg swf tar tgz ttf txt wav woff woff2 xls xlsx zip\" "  }' | sh
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    Mehmet Emin Aydın

    You can use the following code to add event without logging in to Plesk panel

    plesk bin event_handler --create -command "bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh" -priority 0 -user root -event domain_create 
    plesk bin event_handler --create -command "bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh" -priority 0 -user root -event subdomain_create 


    whole command list
    cat << 'EOF' >> /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh
    #!/bin/bash
    sleep 10
    date >> /tmp/log 2>&1
    echo $NEW_DOMAIN_NAME >> /tmp/log 2>&1
    plesk bin subscription --update-web-server-settings $NEW_DOMAIN_NAME -nginx-serve-static true -nginx-static-extensions "ac3 avi bmp bz2 css cue dat doc docx dts eot exe flv gif gz htm html ico img iso jpeg jpg js mkv mp3 mp4 mpeg mpg ogg pdf png ppt pptx qt rar rm svg swf tar tgz ttf txt wav woff woff2 xls xlsx zip" >> /tmp/log 2>&1

    EOF

    plesk bin event_handler --create -command "bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh" -priority 0 -user root -event domain_create 
    plesk bin event_handler --create -command "bash /usr/local/psa/bin/trigger.sh" -priority 0 -user root -event subdomain_create 
     
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    Daria Gavrilova

    Hello @Mehmet,

    Thank you for your input!

    As for the update of web server settings for all domains:
    Usually Serve static files directly by nginx can be enabled for all domains with the following command:
    # plesk bin site -l | while read i; do plesk bin domain --update-web-server-settings $i -nginx-serve-static true; done

    More information on this matter you can also find in the following article: How to update web server settings for all domains via CLI

    As for the creation of Event Handlers via CLI:
    The article was modified accordingly.

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