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Pre-delegation access to FrontPage managed site with Plesk

On a server using Plesk, it is possible to setup event handlers that will create a host in the primary domain so that a client’s domain can be managed with FrontPage prior to delegation of the client’s domain name. For example, if the primary domain is “hosting.net” and the client domain is “acme.net” with an FTP user of “acme” then the “acme.hosting.net” can be created and used until “acme.net” becomes active.

Place the following script in the cgi-bin folder of the primary domain:

Now from the Plesk control panel goto Server -> Event Manager -> Add New Event Handler

In the Event field select “Physical hosting created”.

In the Command field enter:

/home/httpd/vhosts/hosting.com/cgi-bin/create-domain-handler.sh <new_domain_name> <new_system_user> <new_ip_address>

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FrontPage Extension Notes

Use this command to add a frontpage web:

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Turn off open_basedir on Plesk site.

Here’s a quick bit of apache config that can be placed in the conf/vhost.conf file of a Plesk site to turn off the open_basedir restrictions:

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Activating vhost.conf in Plesk

I can never remember this command! When you want to add a vhost.conf file to a Plesk managed website, the following command needs to be run to force Plesk to add an include statement for the vhost.conf file:

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DNS Testing Resouces

Couple of handly links for DNS testing:

Squish DNS Checker – full traversal testing
http://www.squish.net/dnscheck/

DNS Testing Tools
http://www.dnsstuff.com
http://www.dnsreport.com

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