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  Managing Protected Directories
Operator: <protected-dir>. .
XML Schema: protected_dir.xsd
Plesk version: Plesk Onyx 17.5 and later
XML API version: 1.6.9.0 and later
Plesk user: Administrator, customer
Description
For storing sensitive data, you can create password-protected directories within subscriptions on physical hosting. It is possible to create such directories under either a standard virtual host accessible via HTTP protocol, or if applicable for a given particular subscription, under an SSL/TLS virtual host accessible via HTTPs protocol.
Supported operations

- ADD creates a protected directory
 - SET changes protected directory properties
 - DELETE removes a protected directory
 - ADD-USER creates a new protected directory user
 - SET-USER changes protected directory user preferences
 - DELETE-USER removes a protected directory user
 - GET retrieves information about a protected directory
 - GET-USER retrieves information about a protected directory user
 - GET-PD-LOCATION-DESCRIPTOR retrieves a protected directory descriptor