How do I get rid of plesk default page?

[sageman@]

I got a new server from godaddy without server support. I set up a new domain and properly configured the DNS settings. When I go to http://sitename.com, I get the plesk/apache default page saying "You may now add content to the directory /var/www/html/. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page and not your content. To prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf."

How do get rid of this page and show the contents in http://sitename.com (httpdocs)? hppt://sitename.com has been set as the default IP in plesk 8.1

Thanks!

 

[Amin Taheri]

I hate to be the one to say this, but did you follow the instructions in the /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf file?

if so, what was the result? if not, try it and let us konw.

 

[sageman@]

The main issue is I can't figure out how to access the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf.

The instructions on the page in the browser skip step1 which is accessing the named file above and go to step2 which is editing the file.

Thanks!

 

[Amin Taheri]

assuming you have root access you can view it by:

cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

the file basically says this

# This configuration file enables the default "Welcome"
# page if there is no default index page present for
# the root URL. To disable the Welcome page, comment
# out all the lines below.
#
<LocationMatch "^/+$">
Options -Indexes
ErrorDocument 403 /error/noindex.html
</LocationMatch>

You can edit by typing in
nano -w /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

 

[sageman@]

Is this file accessible through the Plesk admin panel? If so, how. If not, how do I gain root access?

Thanks!

 

[Amin Taheri]

you have to be the server owner to get to the page or get root access. If you are not that person you should contact your provider for direct assistance.

 

[sageman@]

I am the server admin and i access to root level. problem is i dont know all the syntax to disable the welcome page. i deleted all the information in /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf but i still get the welcome page. I used putty to access the server.