For a running ISPConfig website, what happens under the hood when the "Active" box is unchecked? The manual states: ...which doesn't explain what "active" means in this context. I suggest that this information also be added to the manual, explaining (for each type of managed service) what exactly constitutes a deactivated service. Thanks Geoff.
Active means that the site is actve and therefor reachable by http / https, Inactive means that it is not active and therefor not reachable by http / https.
Thanks @till, but can you please advise what happens in order to achieve this: Does the virtual host file get removed from the server? Anything else? Many thanks Geoff.
The symlink to the virtual host file gets removed from sites-enabled directory. Thats the same method that the apache a2ensite and a2dissite commands are using to activate and deactivate sites in apache.
