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SSH Port for Dedicated Server: 55000
SSH Port for VPS Server: 44200
This will probably help you to find out the IP which tried the
malpractices in a server to get compromised.
First, we can try to find the IP which I need to monitor
1. This netstat script will list out the number of connections made by
an IP
> NETST...
How do I configure initial WHM settings?
Before you can use cPanel, you will need to set up WHM. This is where
you will do some basic setup for the web server. The WHM Initial Setup
is done using the Initial Setup wizard.
The WHM Initial Setup wizard i...
CPANEL SCRIPT TO ADD SPF AND DKIM
There is a script available on every cPanel servers by default to
enable the SPF and DKIM records via command line. This will surely
help when there is a need of adding the records for many accounts at
the same time.
I...
1. Login to your cPanel Hosting Account. You can get the Control Panel
URL, Username and Password in your Hosting Activation Email.
2. After login, look for "Shared IP Address" / "Dedicated IP Address"
on the right panel:
HOW TO BLOCK BOTS USING ROBOTS.TXT FILE?
The robots.txt file is a simple text file placed on your web server
which tells web crawlers that if they should access a file or not. The
robots.txt file controls how search engine spiders see and interact
with y...
EMAIL ACCOUNT ON CPANEL
* By default, you have no email account set up.
* The main username may look like it is set up as an email, but you
will need to add it as an email account if you wish to use it.
HOW TO ADD A NEW MAILBOX?
* You may refer...
SECURE SOCKETS LAYER (SSL)
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a security protocol that creates
an encrypted link between a web server and a web browser.
HOW TO ADD SSL CERTIFICATE TO A DOMAIN?
STEP 1 : GENERATE A CSR REQUEST
Scroll down to the _...
ZONE EDITOR IN CPANEL
The _Zone Editor_ feature allows you to create, edit, and delete
Domain Name System (DNS) zone records.
DNS relies on zone records that exist on your server to map domain
names to IP addresses.
HOW TO ADD A DNS RECORD?
STEP 1...
DISK USAGE
This interface displays the following disk space usage summaries:
*
Files that your home directory contains.
*
Files that exist in hidden subdirectories.
*
Mailing lists that Mailman manages.
*
Files that your home directory d...
SOFTACULOUS
In cPanel, there's a feature called Softaculous.
You can install software such as WordPress on cPanel as long as your
WHM administrator has enabled it for you.
HOW TO USE SOFTACULOUS?
STEP 1 :
Log in to cPanel, scroll down to the _S...
HOW TO SET AUTODISCOVERY ON CPANEL
By default, cPanel automatically creates autodiscovery and
autoconfiguration DNS records for your domain.
These records enable the Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird
e-mail clients to automatically discover an...
HOW TO SETUP CPANEL AFTER GETTING A VPS AUTOMATION.
Upon cPanel license activated by our Engineer, you may proceed to
update the IP in control panel for cPanel accounts
UPDATING THE IP ADDRESS IN THE CONTROL PANEL.
To change the IP for the WHM/cPan...
HOW TO SETUP YOUR REMOTE ACCESS KEY IN WHM.
This demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager (WHM).
Now let's learn how to setup a remote access key.
A remote access key is what's needed if you want to have a script
automatically connect ...
In order to create a Addon domain in cPanel please follow these easy
steps:
1. Log in to cPanel https://ip:2083 [https://ip:2083]
2. Click on Addon Domains.
3. Key in the details and click on "Add Domain".
There you go, the Addon domain have been ...
Domain aliases enable you to point one or more domains to your primary
domain. For example, if your primary domain is _example.com_, you
could have domain aliases for _example.org_ and _example.net_ that
point to _example.com_.
Now let's learn how to cr...
Below steps to guide you on creating subdomain to your main domain.
* Login in to cPanel.
* Click the "Subdomains" icon.
* Enter the prefix of your new subdomain.
* Make sure the domain name your subdomain will be associated with
is selected....
There are a few different methods that can be used to review your
bandwidth usage from within your cPanel account.
The easiest and quickest way to check your current bandwidth would be
to simply look onto the left hand side of your control panel, once y...
In order to change PHP version in cPanel please do the following:
1. Log in to cPanel https://ip:2083 [https://ip:2083] --> click on
"Select PHP Version"
2. Select the preferred/ required PHP version
3. Click on "Set as current" and then on Save to ...
RESET PASSWORD FROM CPANEL
* Log into CPANEL.
* Click "PASSWORD & SECURITY" in the _Preferences_ section
* You can change your password by filling in the fields and clicking
CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD NOW!. Be sure to use a strong password.
Way to go! Y...
HOW TO CHANGE THE FTP PASSWORD?
* Log into CPANEL.
* Select _FTP ACCOUNTS_ under the _FILES_ section of cPanel.
* Select "_CHANGE PASSWORD_" in the _ACTIONS_ column beside the FTP
account that needs a password reset.
* Type in your new password a...
To change the memory_limit for PHP, please follow these steps:
1. Log into cPanel.
2. Find and click 'SELECT PHP VERSION'.
3. Then click 'SHOW PHP OPTIONS' there will be a list of options you
can modify.
4. You can adjust your PHP MEMORY LIMIT up to ...
IN ORDER TO CHANGE PHP VERSION IN CPANEL PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:
==================SELECT PHP VERSION==================
1. Log in to cPanel https://ip:2083 [https://ip:2083] --> click on
"Select PHP Version"
2. Select the preferred/ required PHP vers...
HOW TO CHANGE THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN CPANEL
This demo assumes you've already logged in to cPanel, and are starting
on the home screen.
Now let's learn how to change the primary language.
Click the CHANGE LANGUAGE icon.
Select the new desired languag...
If you have a website installed for the primary domain of your hosting
account, by default your website is loaded from the public_html
folder. Public_html is the root folder for the primary domain and is
also called web root folder or document root direct...
To change the root password for your VPS or Dedicated server via WHM:
1. Log into WHM.
2. Go to SERVER CONFIGURATION > CHANGE ROOT PASSWORD menu.
3. Enter the new password in NEW ROOT PASSWORD and CONFIRM PASSWORD
fields (you may use built-in Password G...
There are several ways to check the version of the MySQL service on
your account.
The first one is via a PHP script. You have to create a new file on
your account, for example mysql.php, and inside it place the
following:
1
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10...
The LiteSpeed cache can be cleared by deleting the cache files stored
in your account. To clear the cache manually, follow these steps:
1) Log in to CPANEL.
2) Click on FILE MANAGER in the FILES section of cPanel.
3) Click on the text of the LSCACHE...
The .htaccess file commonly located in every public_html folder but
remain hidden. If your account does not have the .htaccess or was
deleted by mistake, you still can recreate it.
1) Login to the cPanel via https://domainname.com/cpanel
[https://domain...
CREATING AN FTP ACCOUNT
* Login to cPanel.
* Click the FTP ACCOUNTS button in the _Files_ section.
* In the _Add FTP Account_ section, fill in the fields as needed.
Below is a brief description of the options.
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
LOGIN:
...
If your website is using long URL like
EXAMPLE.COM/FILES/FOLDER/SITEMAP.HTML, you can change it into
"EXAMPLE.COM/SITEMAP" in .htaccess
Modify this line according to your needs and then add this code to
your .htaccess file.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRul...
HOW TO CREATE CUSTOM ERROR PAGES IN CPANEL
This demo assumes you've already logged in to cPanel, and are starting
on the home screen.
Now let's learn how to create custom error pages.
Click the ERROR PAGES icon.
This is where you create your custom e...
In order to create email in cPanel please do the following:
1. Log in to cPanel https://ip:2083 [https://ip:2083] --> click on
EMAIL ACCOUNTS
2. Fill in the details
3. Click on CREATE ACCOUNT
MYSQL
MySQL is often use to manage the database.
Database is a collection of data than can be added, updated, deleted &
retrieved.
HOW TO CREATE A DATABASE?
STEP 1 :
First, log into your Control Panel.
Scroll down to the _Databases _section and...
For security purposes, we recommend that you to disable directory
browsing on your website so no one can see the files/folders of your
website.
You can disable Directory Browsing by adding this line to your
.HTACCESS file.
Options -Indexes
To edit the...
TO EDIT .HTACCESS FILE VIA THE CPANEL FILEMANAGER FOLLOW THE BELOW
STEPS –
1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the "Files" section, click on "File Manger" Icon.
3. cPanel File Manager will be open, select the appropriate domain
name or folder loca...
HOW TO ENABLE SPAM PROTECTION IN CPANEL
This demo assumes you've already logged in to cPanel, and are starting
on the home screen.
Now let's learn how to enable spam protection.
First click the BoxTrapper icon.
Box Trapper protects your inbox from sp...
[ LAST UPDATED ON - 23 JUNE 2021 ]
IN ORDER TO GENERATE A FULL BACKUP IN CPANEL PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:
1) Log in to CPANEL https://ip:2083 [https://ip:2083]--> click on
"BACKUP" icon
2) Under FULL BACKUP, click "DOWNLOAD A FULL WEBSITE BACKUP".
3)...
All cPanel hosting plan now enabled with free Auto SSL.
WHAT IS AUTOSSL? FREE SSL.
AutoSSL is activated by default in your hosting account as it
automatically installs and renews cPanel/Sectigo certificates for each
domain in cPanel.
AutoSSL performs...
INTRODUCTION TO CPANEL
cPanel is a powerful and intuitive web interface that enables you to
provide your customers with an easy way to
administer their websites, databases and email addresses.
This guide will cover all the basics needed in order to g...
MANAGING DATABASES
CREATING A DATABASE
To create a MySQL database, follow these steps:
* In the Databases section of the cPanel home screen, click MySQL(R)
Databases.
* Under Create New Database, type the name of the database in the
New Database...
Do you want to move a WordPress files from folder to root folder?
STEP 1. CREATE A COMPLETE BACKUP OF YOUR WEBSITE
For this example, the path of Wordpress files of website shinjiru.org
is : /home/shinjiru/public_html/wp
1) SELECT ALL the files
2) C...
OPTIMIZING YOUR DATABASE TABLES
We will be demonstrating how to optimize your MySQL tables.
> NOTE: Some tables can not be optimized.
1) Log into your cPanel and select the PHPMyAdmin icon.
2) Select the database you wish to optimize.
3) Select the...
MySQL database size limitations are applied for all shared hosting
plans, in order to ensure fair resource usage. The limitation is 1GB.
If a database on your account has exceeded the database size
limitation (or it is getting close to reaching the limi...
HOW TO REPAIR DATABASE TABLES
Before we start a repair of a database table, we want to first check
to see if we have to do it.
1) Log into your cPanel and select the PHPMyAdmin icon.
2) Select the database you wish to check.
3) Select the tables you...
HOW TO RESET EMAIL PASSWORD IN LINUX CPANEL?
* Log in to cPanel and click on Email Accounts.
* Click on "Password" at the specific email in order to reset the
password for it.
* Type in the password in provided spaces and then to commit the
changes...
HOW TO SET A DEFAULT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR UNROUTED EMAILS IN CPANEL
This demo assumes you've already logged in to cPanel, and are starting
on the home screen.
Now let's learn how to set our default email address.
Click the DEFAULT ADDRESS icon.
If you h...
Email forwarding redirects incoming messages from one email address to
a different email address. In this guide, we show you how to setup an
EMAIL FORWARDER in both your _cPanel._
1) Login cPanel/WHM
2) Please select domain and click add forwarder
3...
Now let's learn how to setup domain redirects.
1. Login to cPanel
2. Click the "Redirects" icon.
3. Choose whether you want this redirect to be temporary or permanent.
4. Then enter the URL you want to redirect.
5. Then enter the destination URL...
HOW TO SETUP AN AUTORESPONDER IN CPANEL
This demo assumes you've already logged in to cPanel, and are starting
on the home screen.
Now let's learn how to create an autoresponder in cPanel.
Click the AUTORESPONDERS icon.
This is where you create autor...
CPanel webmail can be accessed by these links:
* http://yourdomain.com/webmail
* https://hostnameserver/webmail (replace hostnameserver with the
hostname your cPanel account is hosted on)
=== ROUNDCUBE ===
1. After logging into Roundcube webmail ...
HOW TO USE THE LITESPEED WEB CACHE MANAGER
This article describes how to use the LiteSpeed Web Cache Manager to
manage LiteSpeed caching for your account. LiteSpeed is a built-in
caching engine on Turbo Boost and Turbo Max Web Hosting accounts that
can s...
HOW TO TEST THE APACHE AND PHP CONFIGURATION
Q. HOW CAN I BE SURE THAT MY PHP SERVER IS WORKING? AND HOW TO KNOW
THE VERSION AND MODULES ENABLED?
A. You can create a simple PHP script and load it from your browser in
order to know the version of PHP an...
HOW TO UPDATE YOUR CPANEL CONTACT INFORMATION OR RECEIVE A
NOTIFICATION ON REACHING QUOTA LIMIT?
If you want to receive notification on reaching your disk quota,
bandwidth usage limit, reaching email disk quota or want to update
your cPanel contact infor...
HOW TO: UPLOAD A FILE USING FILE MANAGER (CPANEL)
You can upload your files directly through cPanel using the File
Manager. File Manager is a web interface that allows you to manage all
files associated with your account.
To upload a file through cPan...
This section allows you to customize the whitelist and blacklist. To
add an email address to the whitelist/blacklist, perform the following
steps:
WHITELIST (EMAILS ALWAYS ALLOWED)
This section displays the account's current number of whitelisted
item...
IMUNIFY360 IGNORE LIST
Select Imunify360 from your CPanel dashboard
Ignore List tab contains the list of files that are excluded from
Malware Scanner scanning. Go to Imunify360 → Ignore List tab. Here,
there is a table with a list of files.
The table...
This is a simple bash script to fix the permissions and ownership of
files within a cpanel account. To use, simply copy the script your
server, chmod 755, and pass the usernames as arguments:
> ./fixperms user1 user2 user3
You can also run a server-wid...
At times it is noticed that SSL is installed on a wordpress site but
on the web browser the green padlock icon is not visible. This issue
is caused due to the mixed contents present in your site code.
Mixed content means there are some URL's with http p...
USING MULTI-ACCOUNT FUNCTIONS IN WHM
This demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager (WHM).
Now let's learn how to use the multi-account functions.
Click the multi-account functions link.
There are 2 tools available in multi-account fun...
USING MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN ROUNDCUBE
This tutorial assumes that you've already logged in to RoundCube
webmail.
Now let's learn how to use multiple identities.
Click the Settings option.
Under Settings, click the Identities option.
To create a new ...
...
The MySQL trigger is a database object that is associated with a
table. It will be activated when a defined action is executed for the
table. The trigger can be executed when you run one of the following
MySQL statements on the table: _INSERT, UPDAT...
There might be couple things which can cause your website exceed your
monthly bandwidth.
1. You may be exceeding your bandwidth limits due to high volume of
visits to your website as specially if you have your website image and
media intensive.
2. You...
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