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Running CGI scripts in the httpdocs directory without mod_perl in Plesk

To accomplish this on a per domain basis you will need to create a vhost.conf in the conf directory at /var/www/vhosts/serverbuddies.com/ with the following code.

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/mt-example.com/httpdocs>
<Files ~ (\.cgi$)>
SetHandler cgi-script
Options ExecCGI
allow from all
</Files>
</Directory>

Then run the following command to enable the change.

Now, all files with ‘.cgi’ extension will be executed as usual CGI scripts in /cgi-bin/.

To enable CGI in httpdocs for the whole server just uncomment the “AddHandler cgi-script .cgi” directive in httpd.conf and restart Apache.

Reference: http://parallels.com/

How do I enable cgi-scripts to run from both httpdocs and httpsdocs directories in Plesk?

By default Plesk runs CGI scripts in /cgi-bin/ folder only. To allow CGI scripts be processed from any folder, you should uncomment the cgi-script AddHandler directive in the main apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Then restart Apache with the following command:

Such customizations can also be done on a per domain basis in vhost.conf.