How do I create a virtual directory and to delete a virtual directory?

Virtual directories allow you to run multiple web applications on a single domain. It is a link to an existing physical directory that is present on the server’s hard disk. Virtual directories consists of  number of specific settings like custom ASP.NET configuration, access permissions, and URL protection with a password. Virtual directories can also be used as aliases. It is very useful in setting up of your web applications as those written in ASP.NET.

Kindly follow the below procedure to create the virtual directory.

1. Login into your Plesk Control Panel.

2. Click on Subscriptions

3. Click on Subscription name

4. Click on websites and domains and find your domain name

5. Click on Virtual Directory

6. Specify the virtual directory path

7. Choose the Script source access check box to allow users to access source code if read or write permissions are enabled.

8. Select the Read permission check box to allow users to read file contents and their associated properties.

9. Select the Write permission check box to allow users to upload files to the virtual directory or to edit existing write-enabled files

10. Select the Directory browsing check box to allow users to see an index of the files and subdirectories in the virtual directory.

11. Select the Log visits check box if you want to store the information about visits to the virtual directory.

12. Select the Create application check box to make the directory an IIS application.

13. In the Execute permissions list box, select the program execution level you want for the virtual directory:

        (i)Select None to allow access only to static files such as HTML or image files.

        (ii)Select Scripts only to allow running scripts only, not executables.

         (iii)Select Scripts and Executables to remove all restrictions so that all file types can be executed.

14. Click on Create Virtual Directory

15. Supply the directory name

16. Click on Ok

To remove a virtual Directory:

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Kindly follow the below procedure to remove a virtual directory from a website:

1. Login into your Plesk Control Panel.

2. Click on Subscriptions

3. Click on Subscription name

4. Click on websites and domains and find your domain name

5. Click on Virtual Directories.

6. Select the checkbox corresponding to the directory you want to remove.

7. Click on Remove.

8. Confirm the removal and click OK.

You can see the virtual directory is successfully removed.