# skeleton.exe: Virtual Host Templates

The `skeleton.exe` utility is used to manage directory structure templates. Using this utility, you can perform the following tasks:

- installing a template on a client account from a file
- resetting a template on a client account to the Plesk default template

## Location

`%plesk_cli%`

## Usage

    skeleton.exe <command> [
    <option_1> [<param>]
    [<option_2> [<param>]]
    ... [<option_N> [<param>]]
    ]

## Example

The following command installs a virtual host template from the file `D:\skeletons\siteskeleton` (in the ZIP format) for the client with the login name JDoe:

    plesk bin skeleton.exe --install JDoe -filename D:\skeletons\siteskeleton -force-type zip

## Commands

Command | Parameter | Description | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
`--install` or `-i` | `<client login name>` | Installs a virtual host template from a file for a client account. Requires the `-filename` option. | To install a virtual host template from the file `D:\skeletons\siteskeleton.zip` for the client with the login name JDoe:
    plesk bin skeleton.exe --install JDoe -filename D:\skeletons\siteskeleton -force-type zip
or
    plesk bin skeleton.exe -i JDoe -filename siteskeleton -force-type zip
`--reset` or `-r` | `<client login name>` | Installs the Plesk default virtual host template for a client account. | To install the default virtual host template for the client with the login name JDoe:
    plesk bin skeleton.exe --reset JDoe
or
    plesk bin skeleton.exe -r JDoe
`--help` or `-h` |  | Displays help on the use of the utility. | To view help on the use of the utility:
    plesk bin skeleton.exe --help
or
    plesk bin skeleton.exe -h

## Options

Option | Parameter | Description | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
`-filename` | `<file path>` | Specifies a path to a virtual host template. Used with the `--install` only. | To install a virtual host template from the file `D:\skeletons\siteskeleton` (in the ZIP format) for the client with the login name JDoe:
    plesk bin skeleton.exe -i JDoe -filename D:\skeletons\siteskeleton -force-type zip
`-force-type` | `zip|tgz|tar.gz|tar` | Forces specification of a template file format. Used with the `--install` option only. |