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How to resolve Apache config file cannot generate in Plesk?

Plesk is a commercial web hosting and server data center automation software with a control panel developed for Linux and Windows-based retail hosting service providers.

It automates various tasks and processes on a single or multiple servers.

Typically, Apache configuration generation fails with the following or similar error:

New configuration files for the Apache web server were not created due to the errors in configuration templates:
Template processing failed: file = /opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/domainVhost.php, error = Template_Exception: [Template_Variable_Domain_PhysicalHosting] Wrong variable to subsitute: maintenanceMode file: /opt/psa/admin/plib/Template/Processor.php line: 27 code: 0 Previous error: Template_Exception: [Template_Variable_Domain_PhysicalHosting] Wrong variable to subsitute: maintenanceMode file: /opt/psa/admin/plib/Template/Processor.php line: 27 code: 0 Previous error: Template_Exception: [Template_Variable_Domain_PhysicalHosting] Wrong variable to subsitute: maintenanceMode file: /opt/psa/admin/plib/Template/Variable/Abstract.php line: 67 code: 0.

Generally, In plesk Custom Apache virtual host templates are used

Usually, custom Apache virtual host templates contain a syntax error or reference to a nonexistent variable.

Today, let us see the steps followed by our Support techs to resolve it:

1. Firstly, connect to the server using SSH.

2. Then, move the custom templates folder to another location:

mv -f /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom /root/custom_templates/

3. Then, rebuild web server configuration files:

For RHEL-based Linux distributions (CentOS, RedHat, CloudLinux):

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng –reconfigure-all

Then, for Debian-based Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian):

/opt/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng –reconfigure-all

Note: Check Plesk Advanced Administration Guide to see the full list of allowed variables for custom virtual host templates.

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Conclusion

Today, we saw steps followed by our Support Engineers to resolve Apache config file error in Plesk.