How to use Plesk to add additional Apache directives server wide

This guide will explain how to add additional Apache directives server wide using SSH terminal.

Let us follow the steps-

1. Access the SSH terminal.
2. Generate a configuration file for the directives-
   1. Debian-based OS (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu)-
      # vi /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zz011_custom_directives.conf
   2. RHEL-based OS (e.g. RedHat, CentOS)-
      # vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/zz011_custom_directives.conf
      Important- As Apache loads configuration files alphabetically; ensure that the custom configuration file overwrites any values managed by Plesk by naming it, for instance, as “zz011_custom_directives.conf” to load it after “zz010_psa_httpd.conf”.
3. Add the chosen Apache directives to the recently generated file and then “Save” the changes.
4. To check whether the Apache configuration is right, run the following command-
   # apachectl configtest
   The predicted output is-
   # Syntax OK
5. Now, restart Apache by running the below command-
   1. Debian-based OS-
      # systemctl restart apache2
   2. RHEL-based OS-
      # systemctl restart httpd

This way, you can use Plesk to add additional Apache directives server wide. Hope you liked our article.