The site utility is used for managing sites within an existing subscription.

Note: For information on how to create and manage subscriptions, refer to the Subscriptions: subscription Utility section.

Usage 

site <command> <domain name> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]

Example

The following command sets up a new domain example.com in the testdomain.tst subscription and enables hosting.

plesk bin site --create example.com -webspace-name testdomain.tst -hosting true

Commands

Command Parameter Description Example
--create or -c <domain_name>

Creates a new website inside an existing subscription..

Requires the -webspace-name option.

Note: If SELinux is enabled on your operating system, the create command might not work. In that case, switch off SELinux as described in the Deployment Guide > Migrating from Other Panels > Preparing for Migration.

To create a site with the name example.com inside the testdomain.tst subscription:

plesk bin site --create example.com -webspace-name testdomain.tst

or

plesk bin site -c example.com -webspace-name testdomain.tst

--update or -u <domain_name> Updates configuration of an existing website.

To enable the website example.com:

plesk bin site --update example.com -status enabled

or

plesk bin site -u example.com -status enabled

--move <domain_name> Moves an add-on domain to an existing or a new subscription.

To move addon_domain.com to target_subscription.com:

plesk bin site --move addon_domain.com -webspace-name target_subscription.com

To move addon_domain.com to a new subscription (addon_domain.com will then become the default domain of the new subscription):

plesk bin site --move addon_domain.com -login login -passwd password

--remove or -r <domain_name> Deletes an existing website.

To delete the website example.com:

plesk bin site --remove example.com

or

plesk bin site -r example.com

--info or -i <domain_name> Displays information about configuration of a website.

To view configuration information on the website example.com:

plesk bin site --info example.com

or

plesk bin site -i example.com

--on <domain_name> Activates a suspended website.

To activate the website example.com:

plesk bin site --on example.com

--suspend <domain_name> Suspends a website.

To suspend the domain example.com:

plesk bin site --suspend example.com

--off <domain_name> Disables a website.

To disable the domain example.com:

plesk bin site --off example.com

--list or -l   Displays the list of domains.

To display the list of domains on the server:

plesk bin site --list

--update-php-settings <domain_name> Updates custom PHP configuration for a website. Use the utility to set values for 16 most often used PHP settings (exposed to Plesk GUI) or to add any additional PHP directive.

To set one of 16 general PHP settings, prepare the file with the settings you want to change.

Note: File syntax should be the same with php.ini (<parameter>=<value>). To set the default value to the parameter, do not use any value: <parameter>=

Then apply the settings to the site (example.com):

plesk bin site --update-php-settings example.com -settings my_file

If you cannot find a certain PHP parameter among 16 general settings, add it as an additional directive to a file and apply the changes to the site (example.com):

plesk bin site --update-php-settings example.com -additional-settings my_file_add

--show-php-settings <domain_name> Displays information about current PHP configuration of a website.

To view the PHP configuration information for the website example.com:

plesk bin site --show-php-settings example.com

--help or -h   Displays help on the use of the utility.

To view help on the use of the domain utility:

plesk bin site --help

or

plesk bin site -h

Options

Option Parameter Description Example
-new_name <domain_name>

Renames a domain.

Used with the --update only.

To rename the domain example.com to sample.net:

plesk bin site -u example.com -new_name sample.net

-dns true|false Enables/Disables DNS zone for a domain.

To enable DNS zone for the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -dns true

To disable a DNS zone for the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -dns false

-www true|false

Enables/Disables the www prefix for a domain.

Is true by default.

To disable the www prefix for the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -www false

-hosting true|false

Enables/Disables hosting for a domain.

Is false by default.

To enable hosting for the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -hosting true

-hst_type phys|std|frm

Sets the type of hosting on a domain.

The following types are available: physical hosting (phys), standard forwarding (std) , and frame forwarding (frm) .

Is phys by default.

Requires the -target_url option, when the std or frm parameters are specified.

To set up the standard forwarding hosting (with forwarding to sample.org) for the existing domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -hosting true -hst_type std -target_url sample.org

-target_url <URL>

Sets a target URL for the Standard forwarding and Frame forwarding types of hosting.

Required with -hst_type option when the std or frm parameters are specified.

To set up a target URL for the domain example.com with the standard forwarding hosting (forwarding to sample.org):

plesk bin site -u example.com -target_url sample.org -hst_type std

-mail-service-ip <IP address>[,<IP address>,..]

Sets the IP address for the mail service for the specified domain.

Note:

The server-wide mail setting “Send from the specified IP addresses” (next to “Outgoing mail mode”) takes precedence over the -mail-service-ip option. If you have selected the setting and the IP address, running the command with the -mail-service-ip option will not have any result.

Set the IP address for the mail service for the domain example.com to 192.168.1.2:

plesk bin site -u example.com -mail-service-ip 192.168.1.2

-http_code 301|302 Specifies the HTTP response status code to be used for standard forwarding.

To use the 302 code for forwarding on the domain example.com, which has the standard forwarding type of hosting:

plesk bin site -u example.com -http_code 302

-seo-redirect non-www|www|none Turns on the search engine friendly HTTP 301 redirection. Use ‘non-www’ to redirect from www.domain to domain, ‘www’ to redirect from domain to www.domain, and ‘none’ to turn off the redirection (default: non-www).

To turn on redirection for the domain example.com to www.example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -seo-redirect www

-www-root <path> Specifies website home directory (relative to the subscription root).

To set up a website example.com within the directory site2 in the subscription:

plesk bin site -c example.com -service-plan megaplan -www-root site2

-webspace-name <domain> Specifies the subscription name (the same as the name of the main domain in the subscription).

To create a domain site2.com inside an existing subscription example.com for the customer with the username JDoe:

plesk bin site -c site2.com -webspace-name example.com owner JDoe

-parent-domain-name <parent_domain_name> Specifies the parent domain name when creating a subdomain.

To create a subdomain test.example.com for the parent domain example.com:

plesk bin site -c test.example.com -parent-domain-name example.com

-shell <shell_name>|false Enables/Disables shell access for FTP user, and sets the OS system shell for FTP user access.

To enable shell access for FTP user on the domain example.com, and to set the shell to /bin/sh:

plesk bin site -u example.com -shell /bin/sh

-hard_quota <number>[K|M|G]

Limits the FTP user hard disk quota.

Unlimited if set to 0.

A number without a letter is interpreted as the number of bytes.

To set a 100 MB hard disk quota for the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -hard_quota 100M

-creation-date <YYYY-MM-DD>

Sets the domain creation date.

Used with the --create only.

To set the creation date for domain example.com to 2008-12-30:

plesk bin site -c example.com -creation-date 2008-12-30

-ssi true|false

Enables/Disables SSI support.

Is false by default.

To enable SSI support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -ssi true

-php true|false

Enables/Disables PHP support.

Is false by default.

To enable PHP support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -php true

-php_handler_id module|cgi|fastcgi Associates the PHP handler with the site. Specify the handler’s identifier (default: cgi).

To set PHP handler on the domain example.com to FastCGI:

plesk bin site -u example.com -php_handler_id fastcgi

-php_safe_mode true|false

Enables/Disables safe mode for PHP support.

Is true by default.

To disable safe mode for PHP support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -php true -php_safe_mode false

-cgi true|false

Enables/Disables CGI support.

Is false by default.

To enable CGI support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -cgi true

-cgi-mode webspace|www-root Determines the location of the cgi-bin directory.

To set the location of the cgi-bin directory for the domain example.com to wwwroot:

plesk bin site -u example.com -cgi-mode www-root

-perl true|false

Enables/Disables Perl support.

Is false by default.

To enable Perl support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -perl true

-asp true|false

Enables/Disables Apache ASP support.

Is false by default.

To enable Apache ASP support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -asp true

-python true|false

Enables/Disables Python support.

Is false by default.

To enable Python support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -python true

-fastcgi true|false

Enables/Disables FastCGI support.

Is false by default.

To enable FastCGI support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -fastcgi true

-ssl true|false

Enables/Disables SSL/TLS support.

Is true by default.

To disable SSL/TLS support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -ssl false

-ssl-redirect true|false

Enables/Disables SEO-safe 301 redirection from HTTP to HTTPS.

Is true by default.

To disable redirection from HTTP to HTTPS on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -ssl-redirect false

-webstat none|awstats|webalizer

Enables/Disables Web statistic support; selects Web statistics application (Awstats or Webalizer).

Is none by default.

To enable Webalizer support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -webstat webalizer

-webstat-protdir-access true|false

Enables/Disables access to web statistics data through password- protected directory /plesk-stat.

Is false by default.

To enable access to web statistics data through password- protected directory /plesk-stat on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -webstat-protdir-access true

-certificate-name <SSL/TLS certificate name> Sets the SSL/TLS certificate for the site.

To set the SSL/TLS certificate testcert for the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -certificate-name testcert

-err_docs true|false

Enables/Disables custom server error messages.

Is false by default.

To enable custom error messages support on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -err_docs true

-log-rotate true|false

Enables/Disables log rotation.

Is false by default.

To enable log rotation on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -log-rotate true

-log-bysize <number>[B|K|M|G|T] Enables/Disables log rotation based on the current log file size.

To enable log rotation on the domain example.com once the current log file reaches the 200 KB size:

plesk bin site -u example.com -log-bysize 200

-log-bytime daily|weekly|monthly

Enables/Disables log rotation by time.

Is daily by default.

To enable weekly log rotation on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -log-bytime weekly

-log-max-num-files <number>

Limits the number of log files parameter.

Is 3 by default.

To restrict the maximum number of log files (current and rotated) on the domain example.com to 10:

plesk bin site -u example.com -log-max-num-files 10

-log-compress true|false

Enables/Disables log file compression.

Is true by default.

To disable log file compression on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -log-compress false

-log-email <email> Enables/Disables automatic sending of rotated log files to the specified email address.

To enable automatic sending of rotated log files on the domain example.com to email address admin@example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -log-email admin@example.com

-mail_service true|false

Enables/Disables mail service.

Is true by default.

To disable mail service on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -mail_service false

-mail_service_node_ip <IP address> | local Specifies the IP address of the service node providing the mail service or the domain.

To set the IP address of the service node providing the mail service for the domain example.com to 192.168.1.2:

plesk bin site -u example.com -mail_service_node 192.168.1.2

-maillist_service true|false

Enables/Disables the mailing list service.

Is false by default.

To enable mailing list service on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -maillist_service true

-publish-sb-site true|false

Allows/Prohibits publishing site with Presence Builder.

Is false by default.

To allow publishing site with Presence Builder on the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -publish-sb-site true

-notify true|false

Allows/Prohibits standard email notifications on a domain creation (Plesk domain administrators and clients).

Used with --create only.

To prevent email notifications about domain creation:

plesk bin site --create example.com -notify false

-map_ip <IP address>[,<IP address>] Specifies the IP address to be assigned to the subscription after the subscription owner change.

To assign the IP address 192.168.1.2 to the subscription example.com after the ownership change:

plesk bin site -u example.com -map_ip 192.168.1.2

-description <string> Specifies a description of the subscription to be displayed in Plesk.

To create a description of the domain example.com:

plesk bin site -u example.com -description "Notes about this site"

-admin-description <string> Specifies a description of the subscription for the administrator. It is displayed in Plesk only to the administrator.

To create a description of the domain example.com that will be visible for the administrator only:

plesk bin site -u example.com -admin-description "Admin's notes about this site"

-reseller-description <string> Specifies a description of a subscription owned by a reseller. It is displayed in Plesk to the reseller and administrator.

To create a description of the domain example.com that will be visible to the reseller and the administrator:

plesk bin site -u example.com -reseller-description "Reseller's notes about this site"

-settings <filename>

Sets the file containing custom PHP settings for a site. The file can include only 16 general PHP settings exposed to the Plesk GUI.

Used with --update-php-settings only.

To set custom PHP configuration from the file my_file to the site example.com:

plesk bin site --update-php-settings example.com -settings my_file

-additional-settings <filename>

Sets the file containing custom PHP settings for a site. The file can include any PHP directive except 16 general PHP settings exposed to the Plesk GUI.

Used with --update-php-settings only.

To add directives to custom PHP configuration from the file my_file_add (example.com):

plesk bin site --update-php-settings example.com -additional-settings my_file_add

-outgoing-messages-domain-limit <number>|default

Sets the maximum number of outgoing messages from a specified site (per hour).

To set the Unlimited value, specify “-1”. Specify “default” to set the value specified in server-wide settings.

To set the limit on outgoing email messages from a domain:

plesk bin site -u example.com -outgoing-messages-domain-limit 15

-empty-document-root true | false Creates a site with empty document root directory (skips promo pages creation).

To create a domain with empty document root:

plesk bin site -c example.com -hosting true -login login -passwd setup -ip 10.52.76.142 -empty-document-root true