Question: Changing Plesk site hosting type returns an error: vhostmng-structure failed: Cannot create directory /httpdocs: Permission denied
Applicable to:
Plesk for Linux
Symptoms
Changing a domain's hosting type from no web hosting to Web hosting in Plesk returns the following error:
Error: hosting update is failed: vhostmng-structure failed: Cannot create directory /httpdocs: Permission denied System error 13: Permission denied
Cause
The files inside the webspace have incorrect permissions or ownership.
Resolution
1.Connect to the server via SSH
2.Fix permissions for the webspace example.com using the command below:
# plesk repair fs example.com