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Overriding php values doesn't work in Plesk 10.x

Matthew James

Basic Pleskian
Hi all,

Unless I'm missing something here, the old method of creating a vhost.conf file in the conf directory for a vhost does not seem to work anymore.

I have the following in /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost.conf

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/>
php_admin_value register_globals on
</Directory>

Then:

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-domain domain.com

But register_globals is still set to off for the vhost and I don't particularly want to turn it on for the whole server since it will be deprecated soon enough. All it seems to do is create a new http.include file in the vhost's conf directory each time.

I tried restarting apache just in case but it still doesn't work.

Any ideas how to get this working in 10.x?

Thanks
 
Hi, Matthew

Could you please post here the output of the following commands:
1. ls -la /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/
2. cat /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/<httpd.include>

Please replace <httpd.include> with the correct include file - find the one with the greatest numeric prefix.
 
Last edited:
Hi EugeneL,

Below is what you asked for, please note, I have replaced the domain with domain.com and the ip address with xx.xxx.xxx.xx

[root@aries ~]# ls -al /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 May 11 02:14 /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost.conf

[root@aries conf]# cat 13050764810.42563300_httpd.include
# ATTENTION!
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE OR ANY PART OF IT. THIS CAN RESULT IN IMPROPER PLESK
# FUNCTIONING OR FAILURE, CAUSE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF DATA. IF YOU REQUIRE CUSTOM
# MODIFICATIONS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CONFIGURATION, PLEASE, PERFORM THEM IN THE
# FOLLOWING FILE(S):
#/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost.conf
#/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost_ssl.conf
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

<VirtualHost xx.xxx.xxx.xx:443>
ServerName "domain.com:443"
ServerAlias "www.domain.com"
UseCanonicalName Off

<IfModule mod_suexec.c>
SuexecUserGroup "domainco" "psacln"
</IfModule>

ServerAdmin "[email protected]"

DocumentRoot "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs"
CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/logs/access_ssl_log plesklog
ErrorLog "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/logs/error_log"



<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/web_users"
</IfModule>

ScriptAlias "/cgi-bin/" "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/cgi-bin/"



Alias "/plesk-stat" "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics"
<Location /plesk-stat/>
Options +Indexes
</Location>
<Location /plesk-stat/logs/>
Require valid-user
</Location>
Alias /webstat /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/webstat
Alias /webstat-ssl /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/webstat-ssl
Alias /ftpstat /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/ftpstat
Alias /anon_ftpstat /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/anon_ftpstat

Alias /awstats-icon /var/www/html/awstats/icon



SSLEngine on
SSLVerifyClient none
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/psa/var/certificates/certVjU6289

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs>

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
<Files ~ (\.pl$)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
Options ExecCGI
allow from all
PerlSendHeader On
</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
<Files ~ (\.asp$)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ASP
PerlSetVar Global /tmp
</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_python.c>
<Files ~ (\.py$)>
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler mod_python.cgihandler
</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
<Files ~ (\.fcgi)>
SetHandler fcgid-script
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
</Files>
</IfModule>
<Files ~ (\.php)>
SetHandler None
AddHandler php-script .php
Options +ExecCGI
allow from all
</Files>

SSLRequireSSL

Options +Includes +ExecCGI

</Directory>



<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/admin">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "The Forum Admin"
AuthUserFile "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/pd/d..httpdocs@admin"
require valid-user
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Domain statistics"
AuthUserFile "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/pd/d..httpdocs@plesk-stat"
require valid-user
</Directory>
Alias "/error_docs" "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/error_docs"
ErrorDocument 400 "/error_docs/bad_request.html"
ErrorDocument 401 "/error_docs/unauthorized.html"
ErrorDocument 403 "/error_docs/forbidden.html"
ErrorDocument 404 "/error_docs/not_found.html"
ErrorDocument 500 "/error_docs/internal_server_error.html"
ErrorDocument 405 "/error_docs/method_not_allowed.html"
ErrorDocument 406 "/error_docs/not_acceptable.html"
ErrorDocument 407 "/error_docs/proxy_authentication_required.html"
ErrorDocument 412 "/error_docs/precondition_failed.html"
ErrorDocument 415 "/error_docs/unsupported_media_type.html"
ErrorDocument 501 "/error_docs/not_implemented.html"
ErrorDocument 502 "/error_docs/bad_gateway.html"
ErrorDocument 503 "/error_docs/maintenance.html"



</VirtualHost>

</IfModule>

<VirtualHost xx.xxx.xxx.xx:80>
ServerName "domain.com:80"
ServerAlias "www.domain.com"
UseCanonicalName Off

<IfModule mod_suexec.c>
SuexecUserGroup "domainco" "psacln"
</IfModule>

ServerAdmin "[email protected]"

DocumentRoot "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs"
CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/logs/access_log plesklog
ErrorLog "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/logs/error_log"



<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/web_users"
</IfModule>

ScriptAlias "/cgi-bin/" "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/cgi-bin/"



Redirect permanent /plesk-stat https://domain.com/plesk-stat
Redirect permanent /webstat https://domain.com/webstat
Redirect permanent /webstat-ssl https://domain.com/webstat-ssl
Redirect permanent /ftpstat https://domain.com/ftpstat
Redirect permanent /anon_ftpstat https://domain.com/anon_ftpstat
Redirect permanent /awstats-icon https://domain.com/awstats-icon


<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
SSLEngine off
</IfModule>

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs>

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
<Files ~ (\.pl$)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
Options ExecCGI
allow from all
PerlSendHeader On
</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
<Files ~ (\.asp$)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ASP
PerlSetVar Global /tmp
</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_python.c>
<Files ~ (\.py$)>
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler mod_python.cgihandler
</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
<Files ~ (\.fcgi)>
SetHandler fcgid-script
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
</Files>
</IfModule>
<Files ~ (\.php)>
SetHandler None
AddHandler php-script .php
Options +ExecCGI
allow from all
</Files>


Options +Includes +ExecCGI

</Directory>



<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/admin">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "The Forum Admin"
AuthUserFile "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/pd/d..httpdocs@admin"
require valid-user
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Domain statistics"
AuthUserFile "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/pd/d..httpdocs@plesk-stat"
require valid-user
</Directory>
Alias "/error_docs" "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/error_docs"
ErrorDocument 400 "/error_docs/bad_request.html"
ErrorDocument 401 "/error_docs/unauthorized.html"
ErrorDocument 403 "/error_docs/forbidden.html"
ErrorDocument 404 "/error_docs/not_found.html"
ErrorDocument 500 "/error_docs/internal_server_error.html"
ErrorDocument 405 "/error_docs/method_not_allowed.html"
ErrorDocument 406 "/error_docs/not_acceptable.html"
ErrorDocument 407 "/error_docs/proxy_authentication_required.html"
ErrorDocument 412 "/error_docs/precondition_failed.html"
ErrorDocument 415 "/error_docs/unsupported_media_type.html"
ErrorDocument 501 "/error_docs/not_implemented.html"
ErrorDocument 502 "/error_docs/bad_gateway.html"
ErrorDocument 503 "/error_docs/maintenance.html"


Include "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost.conf"

</VirtualHost>

Thanks
 
Hi, Matthew,

It looks like you switched PHP into CGI/FastCGI mode and try to use vhost.conf to override PHP configuration variables.
It won't work, vhost.conf and vhost_ssl.conf will do something only when PHP will be run as Apache module.

Unfortunately in 10.2 there is no documented way how to set up custom php.ini file for site in case of CGI/FastCGI mode.
 
Hi EugeneL,

That's correct, PHP is running as a CGI module so that scripts are run by the owner rather than apache.

Perhaps this is something that should be sent to the developers, since there's no reason why this shouldn't be possible?

Thanks
Matt
 
Our developers already have this feature request and this feature will be implemented.
But I can't give you any ETA about this.
 
Any news about this issue? We reply heavily on the vhost.conf and would like to use it in combination with CGI
 
There is a solution since Plesk 9 when php is running as cgi/fastcgi.
Check the kb article:
http://kb.odin.com/en/9059

I have applied it to Plesk 10 and it works.
On the second step, when you give the command:
# cat /etc/psa/psa.conf |grep CGI_PHP
you won't get anything but file cgi_wrapper is still at same location:
/var/www/cgi-bin/cgi_wrapper/cgi_wrapper
 
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