Parallels Virtualization and Automation Software

RESOLUTION

There are two ways to make publishing work:
1. Configure Plesk server properly, so all created domains in Plesk are ready for Sitebuilder for Linux/Unix sites publication.

2. Prepair one domain in Plesk for Sitebuilder for Linux/Unix site publication.

Below you can find both solutions:

1. Full server configuration:
  a. Perform general steps which are listed in additional information section.
  b. Make changes into site's skeleton:
  Skeleton folder structure Inetpub\vhosts\.skel\0\httpdocs\ should look like:

httpdocs\
 |
 +-data\
 |
 +-index.php

where index.php empty file. This file exists before first publication. After that it will be replaced with appropriate not empty file.

  c. Correct security settings for domain:
  It is necessary to add following XML- elemets into %plesk_dir%\etc\hosting_template.xml file:

<Entry AccounType="0" Account="Null" Path="[HTTPD_VHOSTS_D]"
 SubPath="httpdocs\data"
 AceFlags="ThisFolderSubfoldersAndFiles"
 AccessMask="FullAccess"
 EntryFlags="0x140"
 Tag="PoolUser" Tag2="" />

<Entry AccounType="0" Account="Null" Path="[HTTPD_VHOSTS_D]"
 SubPath="httpdocs\data"
 AceFlags="ThisFolderSubfoldersAndFiles"
 AccessMask="FullAccess"
 EntryFlags="0x140"
 Tag="AnonymousDomainUser" Tag2="" />
 
 After applying these actions all newly created domains with physical hosting are ready for publication from Sitebuilder for Linux/Unix.

2. Per-domain changes
  a. Perform general steps which are listed in additional information section.
  b. On hosting setup page for domain enable additional write/modify permissions.
  c. If you publish site for the first time it is suggested to publish it into empty folder, so destination folder should be cleaned up.

Additional information

Some general steps should be performed.  These actions shoul be done on Plesk for Windows server:

 1. Enable necessary extensions in client's PHP. (in Plesk 8.3 it should be enabled by default, but for Plesk 8.2 this should be done manually):

php_mbstring.dll and php_xsl.dll in PHP5 (edit file ''%plesk_dir%\Additional\PleskPHP5\php.ini'')
php_mbstring.dll and php_xslt.dll in php_domxml.dll in PHP4 (edit file ''\windows\php.ini'')

 2. magic_quotes_gpc should be set to off in php.ini file.

 3. ionCube should be installed for all possible PHP versions on the server:

for PHP5: in ''%plesk_dir%\Additional\PleskPHP5\php.ini'' following string should be added:
zend_extension_ts = c:\ioncube\installation\folder\ioncube_loader_win_5.2.dll

for PHP4: in ''\windows\php.ini'' following string should be added:
zend_extension_ts = c:\ioncube\installation\folder\ioncube_loader_win_4.4.dll

 Appropriate ionCube libraries can be found here, for example:

http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php
http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_win_x86.zip

 There it is also possible to find more information about ionCube installation procedure.