Reconfigure Plesk to use your vhost file

I never remember how to do this even though I often find myself fiddling with vhost files

This works on the Dedicated Virtual Server (3.5) that I use most often from Media Temple, so it may not work in your situation.

Reconfigure your server to use the new vhost.conf file using Plesk's websrvmng command:

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -a -v

To carry out the same function on a dv 4.0 set-up you can use

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all