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Posted at June 9, 2017 at 4:34 pm by Jithin
How to Disable Server Wide Directory Browsing? Directory listing is disabled by default in most servers for security purposes. You can disable/enable the directory listing option from the Apache configuration. You can improve the server security by disabling this feature globally. Method 1: Steps to disable directory listing via WHM panel 1) Login to WHM. 2) Click "Service Configuration". 3) Select Apache configuration. 4) Navigate to Global [...]
Posted at June 9, 2017 at 4:34 pm by Jithin
Manage Email Disk Usage in cPanel With the help of cPanel, it is pretty easy to create and manage email accounts for your domain. Sometimes your email may cause resource consumption issues. Inodes are an important resource that can be affected in shared hosting. In VPS, dedicated servers, the disk space is the main resource that will be affected by the number of emails. In this case, you need to limit the number of emails retained on the server to free up disk space. This can be accomplish [...]
Posted at June 9, 2017 at 4:33 pm by Jithin
Configure and Manage Raw Access Logs in cPanel The increase in visitors to your website can be a great sign. It usually signals the growth of your business and it is essential to know the right time to upgrade your server. How can you see the logs of your visitors without using a command line interface? With cPanel, it's easy to view your visitors, even from the history. cPanel provides an option to view access logs. It will give you an outlook of the visitors that accessed your website. You [...]
Posted at June 9, 2017 at 4:33 pm by Jithin
cPanel supports email encryption. This is a security feature to protect your messages from reaching unwanted recipients. When a message is encrypted, the recipient needs the key to decrypt the message. Otherwise, the message will not be readable to the user. In this tutorial, we are going to see how to encrypt the messages with cPanel. cPanel use GnuPG feature to create the keys to encrypt the messages. GnuPG The GnuPG key stands for GNU Privacy Guard. The GnuPG is an implemen [...]
Posted at June 9, 2017 at 4:33 pm by Jithin
Normally we change a WordPress theme from our WordPress dashboard. Inn some cases, updating a plugin is not compatible with our current theme, so we need to switch our WordPress theme. In such situations the only way to change the theme is manually from the database. Steps to change the WordPress theme within phpMyAdmin 1) Log into cPanel. 2) Navigate to FileManager under 'Files' section. 3) Open 'wp-config.php' file and check the database name. [...]
Posted at May 18, 2017 at 6:13 pm by Jithin
SilverStripe CMS is a PHP based content management system which provides separate roles of content authors and website developers. The core of the software is SilverStripe Framework which is used for creating and maintaining websites and web applications. It provides a web-based administration panel that enables users to make modifications to parts of their website. This provides a contrast to CMS products that allow technical website development tasks to be performed within a GUI, and a c [...]
Posted at May 18, 2017 at 6:13 pm by Jithin
By default, Webmail application uses the host server time zone. You can of course alter the timezone for your Webmail. It is possible to make this change in Horde, Roundcube, and SquirrelMail. Change time zone in Horde 1) Login to Horde. 2) Click on gear button on the top bar and navigate to preferences > Global Preferences. 3) Click on the option 'Locale and Time'. 4) Here you can see the option 'Your current time zone'. Select the time zone y [...]
Posted at May 2, 2017 at 11:53 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, we can learn more about overselling in WHM. Overselling means that the system limits the reseller via the resources that their cPanel accounts actually use instead of the resources that you been allocated. WHM's Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges interface allows for a resource limit to be set. You can specify a maximum bandwidth and allocate disk space that a reseller can allocate to a cPanel account. You can enable or disable overselling capacity for a reseller. &nbs [...]
Posted at May 2, 2017 at 11:53 am by Jithin
Do you know how to trace or view bandwidth usage of your account? There are many ways to view the bandwidth usage from cPanel. As you may have noticed, there is an option to view the bandwidth usage of your cPanel account in the statistics section along with other resource usage such as disk usage, CPU usage, I/O usage, etc. This can be viewed from the home page of your cPanel. This method doesn't provide a detailed overview of the bandwidth usage. There are also other methods to see the band [...]
Posted at May 2, 2017 at 11:53 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, you will learn how to view website visitors from cPanel. There are various scripts to view visitors on your website. If you have cPanel as the control panel for your website, it can be viewed easily. Knowing the visitors and statistics can sometimes be helpful. It can be useful for validating your website and testing the progress or results of any changes made to your website. Steps to View Visitors 1) Login to your cPanel interface. For shared hosting custome [...]
Posted at May 2, 2017 at 11:52 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, we can learn how to resolve this issue: check_mysql has determined that there are corrupted database tables (eximstats) Error "check_mysql has determined that there are corrupted database tables cPanel & WHM has determined that the following database tables are corrupt: Database Error eximstats error : Record at pos: 26819502 is not remove-marked error : record delete-link-chain corrupted error : Corrupt error : record delete-link-chain corrupted [...]
Posted at May 2, 2017 at 11:52 am by Jithin
Site publisher interface allows you to quickly create websites even if you have never created a website before. You can select the appropriate template for your website and then enter the website content that the template requests. Why should I use Site Publisher? 1) You only need a simple website. 2) Your future website isn't ready yet. 3) You want to try out a site before you decide. How to create a website using site publisher 1) Login to cPanel. 2) Na [...]
Posted at May 2, 2017 at 11:51 am by Jithin
Addon domains allow you to control multiple domains from a single account. An addon domain links a new domain name to a directory in your account, and then stores the files in that directory. For creating addon domains in cPanel, you can refer the following link https://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/manage-domains-in-cpanel/ In this tutorial, you will learn how to fix error that may be caused from addon domains. It’s very simple if you have server access. If you have only cPanel access, you [...]
Posted at April 16, 2017 at 9:41 pm by Jithin
For Content Management systems like WordPress and Joomla need more protection. We need to restrict the login URL from public access. This will prevent a large numbers of brute-force attempts. Additionally this will help the server's load. This can be configured in different methods. Some of the methods are given below: Setup IP restriction on htaccess Open .htaccess file and add the below code. # vi .htaccess <Files "file name"> Order Deny,Allow Deny from all All [...]
Posted at April 16, 2017 at 9:41 pm by Jithin
Sometimes, when you log into cPanel, you’ll see non-empty MySQL databases showing 0MB as its size. Those databases actually contain tables and details, but the size is always shown as 0MB. Steps to fix this issue from command line 1) Logon to server using SSH. 2) Reset the value of disk_usage_include_sqldbs from 0 to 1 in cPanel configuration file. # vi /var/cpanel/cpanel.config disk_usage_include_sqldbs=1 3) Run the script below to update the database cac [...]
Posted at April 16, 2017 at 9:41 pm by Jithin
WordPress sites that are hosted in cPanel, will sometimes have images that are not loading after we have uploaded the images to the correct location. This is because both hotlink protection and mod security are enabled. To load the image, you need to add the ‘URL to allow access’ list found within Hotlink Protection. You should select the "Allow direct request" checkbox when you use hotlink protection. Hotlink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to files on your website. [...]
Posted at April 16, 2017 at 9:41 pm by Jithin
qdPM is a project management tool. In this tutorial, we will see about qdPM in detail and how to install qdPM on your server. What is qdPM The qdPM is a web based project management tool. It is designed to work well for a small team that will be working on multiple projects. With qdPM, one can manage projects, people, and their tasks easily. There is a ticketing system available with qdPM which will make customer interaction possible. A Few Information The latest release [...]
Posted at April 16, 2017 at 9:39 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial, we are going to see how to set maximum number of emails that can be send from an account in an hour. With InterServer, you could send up to 200 emails per hour. Have you ever wondered why there is a limit on sending emails? Sending a huge number of emails may be seen as spamming and can ruin the email reputation. If the email reputation is poor, some servers will even refuse to receive emails from your server and the emails will be bounced back. To avoid these type of issues [...]
Posted at April 16, 2017 at 9:39 pm by Jithin
cPanel is a Linux-based control panel and the most widely used and popular control panel on webhosting industry. The interface of cPanel is easy to use and supports IPv6 and multi-server management. Due to it's popularity, cPanel has more security features. The Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is an important security feature of cPanel. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is an extra layer security feature for cPanel designed to ensure that you are the only person who can access your cPanel account, [...]
Posted at March 30, 2017 at 10:45 pm by Jithin
In this documentation, we will cover the issue regarding cPanel icon missing from WHM ‘List Accounts’. The image below is a perfect example To fix this issue, please follow the steps given below. 1) Login to WHM. 2) Click on the icon ‘Server Configuration’. 3) Click on ‘Tweak Settings’. 4) Select ‘System’ button. 5) Find the option " Accounts that can access a cPanel user account". Select ‘Roo [...]
Posted at March 30, 2017 at 10:45 pm by Jithin
In this documentation, we can discuss about how to resolve the issue regarding when we tried to list the cPanel accounts in WHM ‘List Accounts’ option, the ‘Disk Used’ portion shows disk usage as 0 for all users. To resolve this issue, please follow the below given steps. 1) For a VPS run fixquotas script. Use the below command for this. $ /script/fixquotas This script will fix the issue. But in some cases, when we run that script we receive an output like this: $ [...]
Posted at March 30, 2017 at 10:44 pm by Jithin
PHP obtains input variables from cookies enabled on the page and from GET and POST requests. By default, PHP scripts are allowed to take only 1000 input variables. However, for many applications we need to increase this variable. This article provides the steps to increase the max_input _vars within cPanel. For this, please follow the below given steps. 1) Login to your cPanel interface. 2) Navigate to the ‘Software’ section. 3) Click on the icon ‘MultiPHP [...]
Posted at March 30, 2017 at 10:44 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can check learn to enable/disable webalizer stats on a cPanel server Webalizer is an application that gives information about your web traffic. It helps to identify daily traffic statistics, top countries visiting your website, and hourly statistics. Enable Webalizer for all domains on a cPanel server 1) Login to your WHM interface. 2) Click on the icon ‘Server Configuration’. 3) Click ‘Tweak Settings’. 4) Then selec [...]
Posted at March 30, 2017 at 10:44 pm by Jithin
In this documentation, we can learn how to correct image links after migrating WordPress sites. After migrating a WordPress website, we need to update the URLS for images within your pages and posts. If you simply change the site url, it will not fix this problem 1) Login to your cPanel interface. 2) Select the icon ‘phpMyAdmin’ under the ‘Database’ category. 3) After selecting phpMyAdmin page, find your newly added database, and click on the database. [...]
Posted at March 30, 2017 at 10:43 pm by Jithin
The temporary URL is used when the domain is in DNS propagation period. If you have just migrated your website from a different hosting provider, you may need to enable a temporary URL to verify if your site works before switching nameservers. Apache’s mod_userdir allows users to view their sites by entering their server hostname followed by a tilde (~) and the website owner’s username. (Example: http://servername.com/~username.) To enable temporary URL, do the following st [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:26 am by Jithin
The cPanel accounts are created using a primary domain. All primary domains on the hosting account use "public_html" directory for all its website files and data. The sub-directories inside the public_html directory is occupied by the addon domains. The primary domain can also be setup to use a sub-directory inside public_html directory instead of public_html itself. Follow the below steps to change the document root of your primary domain in cPanel account. Please note that, you will need to ha [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:26 am by Jithin
We can change remote mx record to local mx record via WHM. That way, we can we can use cPanel webmail as our mail account instead of google applications. 1) Login to WHM. 2) Click the icon ‘DNS Functions’. 3) Click on ‘Edit DNS Zone’ icon. 4) Select the account you want to edit DNS record. Then click on the ‘Edit’ button. 5) Set MX record and point it to your IP address. 6) Select ‘Local Mail Exchanger’ fro [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:26 am by Jithin
In this tutorial we can check how to backup and restore emails in Roundcube In cPanel, it is possible to backup your emails using both web interfaces - Roundcube or Horde. In this documentation, we can discuss about how to backup and restore emails in Roundcube web interface. Use the following link to access cPanel webmail. http://youromain.com/webmail If you want to backup the whole folder or account, we recommend to use Horde web interface. Roundcube does not provide convenient fun [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:26 am by Jithin
In this documentation, we can discuss about the basic steps involved in updating your cPanel contact information and preferences. CPanel requires that you use an email address where you can be reached for important system notifications like disk quota warning, change of preferences, external logging, password changes, and more. Follow the steps below to update your contact information and preferences. 1) Login to your cPanel interface. 2) Click on the icon ‘Contact Information’ from [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:26 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, we can check how to backup and restore emails in Horde. In cPanel, it is possible to backup your emails using both web interfaces - Roundcube or Horde. If you want to backup the whole folder or account, Horde is the best option. Roundcube does not provide the same convenient functionality to download many emails at once. In this documentation, we can discuss about how to backup and restore emails in Horde web interface. You can use the following link to access the cPanel [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:25 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, we can discuss how to change the primary language of your cPanel interface. To perform this, follow the steps below. 1) Login to your cPanel interface. 2) Go to the section ‘PREFERENCES’. 3) Click on the icon ‘Change Language’. 4) Select the preferred language from the drop down box. 5) After selecting the language click on the ‘Change’ button. 6) Your primary language has been changed and [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:25 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, we can check how to find what is using most of the disk space in Linux Server. If you notice that you are unable to access your cPanel/WHM, Webmail and your websites are loading slowly, your server may be running out of disk space. Disk space is one of the most important server resource which should be monitored and maintained regularly for good server health. You may see the following error when accessing your cPanel/WHM/Webmail. Sorry for the inconvenience! The filesys [...]
Posted at March 4, 2017 at 12:25 am by Jithin
In this tutorial, we can check how to install CloudLinux OS on CentOS Server with cPanel. CloudLinux CloudLinux was released to the market in 2010. Today, it is a must-have for any web host who cares about stability, security, and churn. It is used by more than 2,000 hosting companies on 20,000+ servers. It was specifically optimized for shared hosting as it isolates each customer into a separate “Lightweight Virtualized Environment” (LVE). Web hosts that use CloudLinux report higher [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:49 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can learn how to change Apache Port Number on a cPanel Server. Apache is a widely-used web server that is distributed under "open source" license. By default, Apache uses port 80 and secure port 443. You can change the port through WHM or from the cli. Follow the below Steps to change Apache port number through WHM. 1) Login to WHM through https://yourserverIP:2087 2) Go to 'Tweak Settings'. 3) Click on ‘System’ under ‘Tweak settings’. [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:49 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can learn how to migrate emails using IMAP Copy. What is IMAP Copy IMAP Copy is a method used in website migration. To understand what IMAP Copy is, we need to know the steps that take place during a website migration. Let's see an overview of the website migration. Steps in Website migration Many websites use control panels for management. A control panel will allow the owner to manage the website and associated settings easily. cPanel, Plesk, and Direc [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:48 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can check how to Transfer SSL certificates with cPanel/WHM. There are various type of transfers on servers. Sometimes we may need to migrate a website from a server to another server. Sometimes, we may need to transfer all the accounts associated with a re-seller account. There can be also occasions where we will do a whole server to server migration. Have you ever thought about migrating your SSL certificate stored on a server to another server? We can migrate the SSL ce [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:48 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can check how to secure /tmp directory. Securing or hardening tmp involves a large role in securing your server from external attacks. All applications use /tmp directory to store the data temporarily. There is a chance to attack the server using Trojans if it's not secured properly. Temp hardening restricts all activities on /tmp. This prevents the attacker from executing code within the /tmp folder. The hacker tries to inject malicious scripts into /tmp folder through th [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:44 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can check the Tomcat installation and configuration in cPanel What is apache tomcat Apache Tomcat is an open-source Java Servlet Container that is developed by Apache Software Foundation (ASP). It makes our Java applications run on a server. Apache tomcat is configured on the port 8080. Also, tomcat acts like a development server on your desktop to use for testing building applications that uses servlets/JSP or other Java based dynamic web technologies. EasyApache 4 doe [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:43 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial, we are going to discuss "Zamfoo"- a cPanel plugin for multi-level reselling environment. Zamfoo is a popular 3rd party sub-reseller plugin for cPanel/WHM and it extends the capabilities of WHM. It also adds up to extra 3 additional levels of sub-resellers for WHM. Since Zamfoo is a licensed plugin, you will have to purchase the license from their website and they provide the license key. It is a series of WHM addon modules (WHM plugin modules) which is helps to ease the bur [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm by Jithin
PhpWiki is a free open source web-based wiki software application. It was the first wiki written in PHP and is used to edit and format books for publication. It is a scalable software and a feature-rich wiki implementation which uses PHP to process and display data stored in a database, such as MySQL or MariaDB. It is a content managing system where any one can edit or delete the pages using a web browser distributed under GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2). Server Requireme [...]
Posted at February 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we can check how to install CloudFlare cPanel Plugin. CloudFlare is a commercial content delivery network which has integrated distributed denial of service(DDoS) defense mechanism. CloudFlare increases performance and security. A website that utilizes CloudFlare loads twice as fast than others. In this documentation, we are going to address how to install this plugin in cPanel and configure it. CloudFlare Installation Instructions Before we proceed to install Cl [...]
Posted at February 1, 2017 at 5:45 pm by Jithin
In this documentation, we can check how to install Zen Cart from Softaculous. 1) Login to cPanel. 2) Go to ‘Softaculous Apps Installer’ from the section ‘Software’. 3) Select the icon ‘Zen Cart’ from the section ‘E-Commerce’. 4) Click the button ‘Install’. 5) Enter the ‘Software Setup’ and ‘Store Settings’ details. 6) Enter the ‘Admin Account’ details and click the button ‘Instal [...]
Posted at February 1, 2017 at 5:38 pm by Jithin
When you get 404 error page while accessing wp-admin page, you may need to update your site url in the database. Follow the below steps to change your site url from cPanel. 1) Login to your cPanel interface. 2) Click on the icon ‘phpMyAdmin’ from ‘Databases’ section. 3) Select your WordPress database from the phpMyAdmin panel. 4) Go to the table ‘wp_options’ and click on the ‘Browse’ option. 5) Find the option ‘ [...]
Posted at January 28, 2017 at 11:35 am by Jithin
Cpanellogd and cpbackup consumes lots of CPU power of server so it is not advisable to run at the same time. You can prevent cpanellogd and cpbackup running at the same time. 1) Login to WHM. 2) Select the icon ‘Server Configuration’. 3) Click the option ‘Statistics Software Configuration’. 4) Click on ‘Configure Statistic Process Time Schedule’ button. 5) Select checkbox ‘prevent cpanellogd (log processing) and cpb [...]
Posted at January 28, 2017 at 11:34 am by Jithin
Have you ever heard about Sendmail? If you are running a cPanel website, you should be familiar with the Exim and you may know how Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) works. As cPanel has become the most popular control panel, Exim has become the popular MTA. cPanel has Exim as the default MTA. Even for those who don't use a control panel will compile Exim as their mail server. There exist other Mail Transfer Agents in the web hosting industry. Sendmail is an MTA just like Exim, and is the most popular [...]
Posted at January 5, 2017 at 4:27 pm by Jithin
In this tutorial we will learn about "Engintron" - which is a cPanel plugin for installing Nginx web server as a reverse proxy. Why Reverse Proxy By default, cPanel uses the Apache webserver to serve websites. Apache currently reigns as the best server for websites. The reasons for apache server’s popularity is well documented. Apache’s power and the ability to serve Perl and Python. However, Apache servers carries some drawbacks. Apache contains high memory footage. Nginx is another p [...]
Posted at December 23, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Jithin
Default mail account In every cPanel server, we can find a default mail account in the name of cPanel username. The default mail account is not used for normal mailing purposes. All the notification mails from the server are forwarded to this default mail account. cPanel also routes mails sent to the non-existing email accounts at your domain name to the default mail account if catch-all feature is enabled. For example, if your default mail account is vasco@demoserver.com and someone emails a [...]
Posted at December 23, 2016 at 12:19 pm by Jithin
Have you ever lead to a page saying 403 forbidden error while navigating through the webpages? What is this error and why does it displays? We will see why 403 errors occur and how can we troubleshoot this error. There can be many various reasons behind this error. What is a 403 Forbidden error The 403 is an http status code. It is provided by the web server to a client as a response to the client's request. This error says that the server could understand the request from the c [...]
Posted at December 23, 2016 at 12:19 pm by Jithin
Web hosting control panels provide a web-based interface for managing hosted services in a single place. There are some common features for all control panels which include, FTP management, database management, email management etc. Overview of some Top Control Panels 1) cPanel cPanel is the most popular and widely used control panel. cPanel interface is easy to use and it also support IPv6 support and multi-server management. cPanel is compactable with Linux only. &nbs [...]
Posted at December 13, 2016 at 11:38 am by Jithin
What is TailWatchd The tailwatchd is a newer concept in the history of cPanel. As the name explains, it is used to monitor the logs. Why should it be used? What are the functions of tailwatchd? What are the previous substitutions for the daemon? In this documentation, we are going to see the benefits of the tailwatchd. It is used to process the logs. The tailwatchd keeps monitoring a log file for certain activities. Based on these activities, it takes the necessary action. In older days, th [...]
