Setting Up Custom Error Pages on Linux Servers
To configure the web server to show custom error pages for a site:
- Switch on support for custom error documents.
- Go to Websites & Domains and click Hosting Settings in a website settings pane.
- Select the Custom error documents checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Connect to your FTP account, and go to the
error_docs
directory. - Edit or replace the respective files. Be sure to preserve the correct file names:
- 400 Bad File Request - bad_request.html
- 401 Unauthorized - unauthorized.html
- 403 Forbidden/Access denied - forbidden.html
- 404 Not Found - not_found.html
- 405 Method Not Allowed - method_not_allowed.html
- 406 Not Acceptable - not_acceptable.html
- 407 Proxy Authentication Required - proxy_authentication_required.html
- 412 Precondition Failed - precondition_failed.html
- 414 Request-URI Too Long - request-uri_too_long.html
- 415 Unsupported Media Type - unsupported_media_type.html
- 500 Internal Server Error - internal_server_error.html
- 501 Not Implemented - not_implemented.html
- 502 Bad Gateway - bad_gateway.html
- 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable - maintenance.html
Now the web server will show custom error pages.