How to assign a dedicated IP to a Sub-domain OR Add-on/Park domain?
By default, cPanel allows one IP per account, however, in case you wish to assign multiple IPs to an account, say for a sub-domain, you can do so by editing a few files. Follow the below steps: 1) The...
View ArticleMonitor outgoing emails in cPanel exim
In cPanel WHM, Main > Service Configuration > Exim Configuration Editor: Under Filters, check “System Filter File” location, usually at “/etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter”. Edit the file: Just...
View ArticleHowto: Disable MailMan
To disable Mailman on a cPanel server, remove the execute permissions of the mailman wrapper chmod -x /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/mail/wrapper If you ever want to enable it: chmod +x...
View ArticleInstall SSL certificate for Plesk
SwSoft install it’s own certificate during Plesk installation but because it’s a self-signed certificate it gives you a warning message while accessing Plesk control panel. If you wish, you can...
View ArticleHow to increase mail size in exim
You may receive a bounce back message saying “Message size exceeds maximum permitted” on sending an email greater than the size defined in the exim configuration. On a cPanel server, the message size...
View ArticleHow to protect/secure php.ini with SuPHP?
When Apache is compiled as CGI/SuPHP, it allows users to create their own php.ini file under their home directory and modify the php values as per their wish. This may increase security concerns on the...
View ArticleDirectAdmin change IP problems
Q: I had to re-IP a server, as transferring to a new carrier. Followed the DA instructions to convert to new server IP. No errors were noted. When gone into admin found that the old IPs where still in...
View ArticleHowTo: retrieve email account passwords
To retrieve email account passwords on a Plesk server, connect to the mysql prompt of your server #mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` At the mysql prompt, goto the ‘psa’ database which is used...
View Articleproblem downgrade apache 2.2 to 2.0
E: API module structure ‘suphp_module’ in file /usr/lib/apache/mod_suphp.so is garbled – expected signature 41503230 but saw 41503232 – perhaps this is not an Apache module DSO, or was compiled for a...
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[HOW-TO] Use “mod_fastcgi_handler + PHP-FPM” instead of “mod_fastcgi +...
I have read about mod_fastcgi_handler which I think it will help me to write less code to work on PHP-FPM. Checked their website, even they say it’s beta quality and there are a couple bugs. I still...
View ArticleHow to access psa database in Plesk?
Plesk uses a ‘psa’ database to store all the data and values. This data can be easily retrieved at any point of time using the Mysql queries. How to access the psa database in Plesk? There are 2 ways...
View ArticleError: Unable to create the domain because a DNS record exists
Error: Error message “Error: Unable to create the domain example.com because a DNS record pointing to the host example.com already exists.” The error message is displayed when you add a domain from...
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How to generate a full backup of an account/domain from cPanel?
You can perform a full backup of your account/domain from cPanel >> “Backups” option under the Files section. The full cPanel backup is very useful when migrating an account from one server to...
View ArticleHow to install and configure APC cache on a cPanel server?
For a plain Linux server, follow: How to install APC cache on a Linux server? Installation of APC cache on a cPanel server is pretty easy. Follow the below steps to install APC cache on cPanel server:...
View ArticleHow to fix Error: Set default component failed: defpackagemng failed: Execute...
Q: I installed Plesk 9.5.2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition environment. At beginning, all was working fine with Microsoft DNS 6.1. The problem arise when we installed Microsoft .NET 4.0....
View ArticleHow to enable SpamAssassin on your server
To enable Spamassassin on your server, you need to first need to install it. Once installed a few minor changes are needed in your /etc/exim.conf file. 1) Install spamd and spamc: cd...
View ArticleManual Installation of Nginx in Cpanel Apache in proxy mode
1. In order to get the cPanel server ready for nginx – you must first install an apache module called mod_rpaf Login as root: # cd /usr/local/src # wget...
View ArticleInstall ImageMagick and Imagick on Cpanel Server
Here’s a quick how-to for installing ImageMagick and Imagick on Cpanel server. I will cover only the procedure using the Cpanel built-in scripts, although you can also install it the usual way (rpm or...
View ArticleFailed domain creation: Unable to update domain data
You may come across the “Failed domain creation” error message while adding a domain from the Plesk control panel. Failed domain creation: Unable to update domain data: Failed setting of domain...
View ArticleHow to Delete All admin Messages from Directadmin
If your Directadmin server faces a brute-force attack or script-kiddies are trying to guess your password, your message queue is full of messages. If you don’t check them periodically, you will have...
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