Defining a Custom Virtual Host Template

To create a custom virtual host template, create a directory on your
local file system, and then create one or more of the following
directories inside it:

• cgi-bin if you want to include custom scripts in the template.
• httpdocs if you want to include custom documents such as web
  pages or images.
• error_docs if you want to include custom error messages.
• webspace if you want to include custom files to be placed in the
  subscription home directory (for example, .bashrc, .vimrc, and so
  on).

After the directories are created, place the files you want to see
included in the newly created domains’ virtual host structure in the
corresponding directories. You can use the default files stored in the
/var/www/vhosts/.skel/0 on Linux or C:inetpubvhosts.skel on
Windows if you wish.

Additionally, you can use variables in the custom virtual host template.
The variables will be substituted with the corresponding values after
the domain creation:

• @domain_name@ - This variable is substituted with the domain name.
  Used on Linux and Windows.
• @client_email@ - This variable is substituted with the customer’s
  email address. Used on Windows only.

Once you have added all the files you wanted, pack the directories in a
tgz, tar, tar.gz, or a zip archive. Make sure that the directories are
in the root of the archive file and not in a subdirectory. If you
include other directories or files in the root of the archive, Plesk
will not add them to the template.

To upload the custom virtual host template, go to Tools & Settings >
Virtual Host Template (in the Tools & Resources group), click
Browse, locate the prepared archive file, and then click Send
File. To revert to the default virtual host template, click
Default.