Resolved Client denied by server configuration

[Ludo]

Hi,

Since this morning at 4:00 am, I have had a "client denied by server configuration" problem on all my domains. The denial of access is random, in a minute I can be denied several times or not...

I tried disabling modsecurity, did a plesk repair, reboot apache without that changing anything.

Here is the type of error in the apache log:
[Fri May 26 11:02:56.561462 2023] [:error] [pid 16573:tid 139805815928576] [client 40.77.167.124:36854] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxxxx.com/httpdocs/en -gb

As if it no longer took into account the .htaccess.

Plesk Obsidian Web Pro Edition
Version 18.0.52 Update #3
FPM by Apache


Best regards

 

[Maarten.]

Issue - Urgent / Big problem with apache/nginx

Hi all, Since one hour, with a have a problem with a server. We have errors 403 with in the logs: "client denied by server configuration" Nota: we don"t have made any change on the server. If we go to "Apache & Nginx" and we Apply directly, website is ok but only one minute and after errors...

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[morphx]

I'm having the same issue as @Maarten.
After upgrading to Plesk 18.0.52 it is not possible to access static content (.html, .txt for example) as it always returns 403 (forbidden).

This error shows as "client denied by server configuration" entry in the error_log file.

Note that this behavior is intermittent.
Also note that no changes were made prior to the upgrade, when everything was working fine.

 

[Peter Debik]

@morphx That's the symptom described in the above thread. Please refer to https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14861542533911 for further assistance on this matter.