2020-01-07 13:30
nano is a very used text editor for CentOS and other Unix distributions. In this article, we will show to remove it from your server. First, let’s check if it is installed: To remove i… Read More
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2019-12-14 15:33
There are two messages you can set in the sshd configuration. One is MOTD (message of the day) and the other one is the Banner. Banner Message The Banner message is displayed before the pass… Read More
2019-12-13 21:57
Many times you may need to now the operating system information. We will discuss some useful commands. We will focus on commands that work on RedHat/CentOS installations, as these are the mo… Read More
2019-12-12 13:14
Google DNS servers are:8.8.8.8 – primary server8.8.4.4 – secondary server You can use these two servers to check for domains/IPs instead of using the local nameservers. To check… Read More
2019-12-08 14:23
Exim is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on many Linux operating systems, especially on web hosting servers. Even if web hosting control panels like cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, VestCP offers… Read More
2019-12-07 15:12
Softaculous is the most used auto-install system for scripts like WordPress, Drupal, DokuWiki, Magento etc. You can install them with only a few clicks. 1. If you don’t have server acc… Read More
2019-12-06 20:45
Even if WordPress is a very mature script, sometimes file issues can appear. In this post, we will discuss missing or altered WordPress files’ issues. How to fix missing/altered… Read More
2019-12-04 14:46
There can be multiple reasons for a WordPress database related issue. It can be a single table issue. It can be connection issues etc. You can check the status of the database and its tables… Read More
2019-12-04 13:31
If you are using the csf(ConfigServer Security & Firewall) on your cPanel server you can allow your resellers to use a few functions of it. To enable reseller access to csf do: Open the… Read More
2019-06-26 20:00
In this article, we will show how you can temporarily block server access with the use of CSF. CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) is a powerful firewall for Linux systems. First of a… Read More
2019-06-26 14:23
We are glad to announce that the WP-CLI (the command-line interface for WordPress) system is included on all our web hosting plans. Regardless of your web hosting plan, you have access now t… Read More
2019-06-26 13:29
cPanel allows users to modify PHP directives on a per-directory basis. For more information on this feature check the link from the bottom of this article. Mainly a cPanel user will have to… Read More
2019-04-20 01:09
Probably the most used wp-cli commands are the core, plugin, theme. We will discuss a little each one of them. Before running any wp-cli commands be sure to switch to the right directory: cd… Read More
2019-04-19 19:08
WP-CLI is a command-line interface for WordPress. Through it, you can manage your installations from the command line. Official requirements you should check prior to installing WP-CLI… Read More
2019-04-19 10:28
During a cPanel update, web hosting users may get the following warning: “Invalid license file: cPanel & WHM cannot verify your license during the upgrade process. Wait five minute… Read More
2019-01-29 18:45
Many users are asking us how to enable automatic updates in WordPress. For the moment, there is no option in the WordPress admin panel. You must enable this option by editing the configurati… Read More
2019-01-29 18:41
It is recommended to run this command every time to update your MySQL/MariaDB from one major release to another. For example when upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8; MariaDB 10 to MariaDB 1… Read More
2018-10-14 20:35
WHM Tweak Settings section is where you will find many, many options for your cPanel server. To access and modify WHM Tweak Settings: Access WHM Go to Server Configuration >> Tweak Set… Read More
2018-10-14 12:11
Probably not many users use the Statistics Software (Analog/Awstats/Webalizer) that come with cPanel, but you may want to allow this option on the server. In the last years, most of the site… Read More
2018-10-14 07:24
For security reasons is a very good idea to change your password often. You can change the root password via shell, but also via the WHM interface. To change the root password in WHM: Log in… Read More
2018-10-14 01:26
After a WHM/cPanel installation, you may want to change the server time. Of course, you can do this from the command line, but you can also do this via the WHM interface. To change your dedi… Read More
2018-10-13 20:25
WHM allows you to configure cron jobs intervals for the upcp, backup and cpbackup scripts. To access the WHM Cron Jobs interface: Access your WHM installation Navigate to Server Configuratio… Read More
2018-10-13 16:55
The first thing you will want to do after installing cPanel/WHM is to go to the Basic WebHost Manager Setup menu. Here you can configure basic things like: contact options: contact email add… Read More
2018-09-25 20:33
ConfigServer WHM/cPanel plugins are developed by a UK company – Way to the Web Limited. They have free and paid plugins. 1. ConfigServer Security & Firewall (csf) – free… Read More
2018-09-25 17:28
Some clients asked us if you can set up only database backups in WHM. For some, this will sound strange, but there are users who want such a feature. You can access WHM backup se… Read More
2018-07-19 15:48
The tool that we will present here is a regex-based PHP malware scanner (written in Perl). It will scan your server for PHP malicious files. In addition to cxs and maldet (links at the end o… Read More
2018-07-18 16:41
Many times while troubleshooting clients’ mail issues you will need to find out the forwarders/autoresponders they have. On a cPanel server, this information is kept in sepa… Read More
2018-05-15 19:32
Today we’ve reached 100,000 views on our YouTube channel 🙂 We are very happy that people like our videos and this motivates us to create new video tutorials. We also have now 1… Read More
2018-04-25 04:23
By default, CWP installs the Free version. This has some limitations – mainly, you can’t use some of the features: – PHP Selector – Monitor the server via… Read More
2018-04-22 12:59
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). CWP offers the option to scan your account’s files for viruses. The option is available right from the CWP dashb… Read More
2018-04-21 16:36
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). CWP has a feature that allows you to easily install WordPress. You don’t need Softaculous for this. CWP will tak… Read More
2018-04-20 23:12
Similar to cPanel, CWP provideseasy-to-use scripts in the /scripts directory. The /scripts directory is a shortcut to /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/scripts [root@cwp1 ~]# ls -l /sc… Read More
2018-04-20 21:18
Softaculous will allow your web hosting users to easily install many web scripts. Notice that CWP will install Softaculous Free. To use Softaculous Premium you will need to buy a l… Read More
2018-04-19 18:39
It’s a good idea to secure the SSH login with a two-factor authentication method. We will show in this article how to secure SSH with Google Authenticator. Steps: Install the Google Au… Read More
2018-04-19 11:00
We will show you here how to configure the CWP module for WHMCS. This module is offered for free by CWP. Notice that WHMCS is not free and you should purchase a license from whmcs.com or fro… Read More
2018-04-18 13:14
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). Cron jobs are commands that will tell the server to run specific PHP files at specific time intervals. There are many… Read More
2018-04-18 02:01
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). It’s a good practice to download site backups from time to time to your computer. With CWP you can easily a… Read More
2018-04-16 23:05
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). File System Lock is a very interesting feature that CWP has. It’s a unique feature in the web hosting contr… Read More
2018-04-16 16:01
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). CWP has a simple utility to allow web hosting end users to edit/view/create/delete files. To the access t… Read More
2018-04-15 19:24
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). Emails accounts are an important aspect of today internet activities. We will show you in this article how to cre… Read More
2018-04-14 14:22
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). Addon domains are regular domains that you can manage from the same CWP account. If you want to have separate CWP acco… Read More
2018-04-13 16:21
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). Nowadays, all sites are working with a database (MySQL, MariaDB etc), so it’s very important to have easy access… Read More
2018-04-13 14:20
This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users). CWP allows creating FTP accounts via its interface. Notice that your host may block this feature or limit the num… Read More
2018-04-12 10:31
One of the first things you need to do after installing CWP is to set up your custom nameservers – like ns10.yourserver.com and ns11.yourserver.com To set up the nameservers on CWP: Lo… Read More
2018-04-11 19:46
Maybe the most important feature for a web hosting control panel is adding/deleting users. CWP offers an easy way to work with user accounts. To create a new CWP account: Login to CWP Naviga… Read More
2018-04-11 07:55
Before creating new web hosting accounts you need to have at least one package. To create a new web hosting package in CWP: Secure login to CWP at yourdomain.com:2087 Navigate to Packages-&g&hell…Read More
2018-04-10 14:25
We will discuss in this post how to submit IPs reconsideration requests to most used email services like Gmail, AOL, Yahoo and Microsft(MSN, Outlook). Usually, you will find out that your IP… Read More
2018-04-10 02:15
Sometimes it can be very useful to create cpmove archives (backups) for all the accounts owned by a reseller. There is no way to do this via WHM. We will show a method here by using the… Read More
2018-04-09 21:26
In the last versions, WHMCS introduced the automatic updates feature. With this, you can have your installation automatically updated to the latest version with just a few clicks. Notice tha… Read More
2018-04-08 14:15
Many web hosting companies choose to block the phpinfo function. When you try to run the function, you will get a PHP warning in the error_log file: [04-Apr-2018 17:23:48 UTC] PHP… Read More
2018-04-07 13:53
In the directory /var/log/journal/ are kept the log files created by the journal service (systemd). Sometimes, this directory can have a large size. You can check with the du command or by u… Read More
2018-04-06 20:21
Do you want to control our web hosting server disk usage? CentOS Web Panel can help you via its interface. To check disk usage in CWP: Go to your CWP installation On the Dashboard look for t… Read More
2018-04-06 11:59
Brotli is a data format specification for data streams compressed with a specific combination of the general-purpose LZ77 lossless compression algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context… Read More
2018-04-05 18:55
CWP comes with the OpenSSH server. This is using by default port 22. CWP doesn’t modify this at installation time but notifies you to change it as soon as possible. The message lo… Read More
2018-04-05 08:13
ModSecurity is an open source, cross-platform web application firewall (WAF) module. Known as the “Swiss Army Knife” of WAFs, it enables web application defenders to gain visibil… Read More
2018-04-05 02:44
Most of the present websites run on PHP w/ MySQL/MariaDB. So it’s very important for a web hosting admin to know PHP information and to configure the PHP settings. To view the PHP sett… Read More
2018-04-04 18:47
From time to time it’s a good idea to check your web hosting server activity. CWP offers you some tools to check the CPU information, server load, network port usage, bandwidth usage… Read More
2018-04-03 21:03
For some users is important to see the Apache Web Server configuration and status via a graphical interface. CWP will help with this. To view the Apache Web Server configuration, status, edi… Read More
2018-04-03 11:44
CentOS Web Panel interface offers the possibility to rebuild Apache. You can easily switch Apache Web Server versions. To build another Apache Web Server version do: Login to CWP Search… Read More
2018-04-02 18:36
On a web server, it’s very important to keep services up and running. CWP will help you in this via the Services Monitoring tool. To enable service monitoring in CWP: Connect to your C… Read More
2018-04-02 10:23
CentOS WebPanel allow you to select the web servers setup you want to use. You have some options: Web Server Ports ==> Apache Only HTTP: Apache (80) HTTPS: Apache (443) Apache: 80,443 ==… Read More
2018-04-01 20:28
On any web hosting server, it’s very important to be able to easily control the main services, like the Apache server, FTP server etc. To start/stop/restart & view service statuses… Read More
2018-03-31 16:52
CentOS Web Panel interface allows you to change the root password of your server, which is also the admin CWP password. To change the root password (CWP admin password): Access your CWP inst… Read More
2018-03-30 16:48
CentOS Web Panel offers the possibility to reboot your server from its interface. You can reboot the server immediately or after a period of time. To reboot the server on which you installed… Read More
2018-03-30 15:59
CentOS WebPanel doesn’t set an admin email at the installation time. So you will need set the admin/root email after the installation is complete. When logging in CWP you will see a wa… Read More
2018-03-26 22:04
CentOs Web Panel (aka CWP) provides an easy to use terminal utility. To access the CWP command line utility: Go to your CWP installation – domain.com:2087 – and log i… Read More
2018-03-26 17:10
CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) is the default firewall that comes with CentOS Web Panel. As of writing this article, CSF is installed but it’s not enabled. For more informa… Read More
2018-03-24 21:30
File Manager is a free utility that comes with CentOS Web Panel. To access CWP File Manager: Log in to CWP as root Click the File Manager at top of the web panel. A new web browser win… Read More
2018-03-24 19:02
If you just installed the CentOS Web Panel (see the link at the end of this article) you probably want to set up an SSL certificate for the server’s hostname. First all all, be sure to… Read More
2018-03-23 19:33
You have a lot of files (thousands or millions) in a directory and your FTP client do not show all of them? Find out that the issue has nothing to do with your FTP client. The FTP server is… Read More
2018-03-23 12:34
There are many articles online related to this FileZilla Option: Server->Force showing hidden files Notice that this option is deprecated (it uses the LIST -a command which is deprecated)… Read More
2018-03-23 04:07
The main ports to access CentOS Web Panel are 2030 and 2031. Lately CentOS Web Panel also uses ports 2086 and 2087 (similar to WHM). To summarize: CentOS Web Panel interface… Read More
2018-03-22 22:34
Total Commander is a very popular Windows File Manager. It also has a built-in FTP client. You can download Total Commander from https://www.ghisler.com Method 1 – quick connection: Go… Read More
2018-03-22 17:33
Windows File Explorer is the default file manager in Windows 10. Many persons don’t know that File Explorer can also be used as a FTP Manager. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a sta… Read More
2018-03-22 03:21
There are no affiliates links or affiliates coupon codes on this page! We don’t offer domain name services anymore, and many users ask us what company to use. We recommend Namecheap fo… Read More
2018-03-01 20:35
Unfortunately there is no official way to uninstall CentOS Web Panel. Other web hosting panels (like DirectAdmin, VestaCP) have uninstallers but CWP doesn’t have one. The official site… Read More
2018-03-01 20:30
CentOS Web Panel is a free web hosting control panel. It has more and more users in the last period. In this post we will guide you through the installation process on CentOS 7. You can chec… Read More
2018-01-24 22:16
In the latest versions of cPanel, you have the ability to disable/enable ModSecurity from your cPanel account. Notice that you may not have this option enabled in cPanel. Ask your host. ModS… Read More
2018-01-24 17:23
On a cPanel web server there are many logs. We made here a list of them: cPanel, WHM and Webmail Access logs and user actions /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log Account transfers and misc. lo… Read More
2018-01-24 08:47
cPanel doesn’t offer an explicit option to limit the bandwidth usage for a subdomain. Anyway, you can use a workaround for this situation. You(or your host) can create a separate cPane… Read More
2018-01-23 21:25
Due to abusive users, many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) block SMTP port 25. So you may want to set up another port on your web server instead of the default 25. SMTP is the acronym for… Read More
2018-01-23 17:46
This KB article is intended for CentOS with cPanel servers. You are selling shared hosting accounts and you want to be sure that your users don’t exceed their disk space quotas? You ca… Read More
2018-01-22 17:17
cPanel is considered one of the best web hosting control panels. If you are using other control panels (like Odin Plesk, DirectAdmin, VestaCP etc) you may consider switching to cPanel. cPane… Read More
2018-01-22 14:32
cPanel v66 introduced a new option – Number of emails a domain may send per day before the system sends a notification. With this option, the system will send you a message w… Read More
2018-01-22 13:54
Nowadays most web browsers will show a warning when you visit a site that is not using an SSL certificate. The message looks like in Chrome Web Browser: Your connection to the site is not se… Read More
2017-08-24 19:07
August, 2017 – We are happy to announce the new award received from HostAdvice: HostAdvice Best Customer Service Award – 2017 HostAdvice anonymously tested our services and… Read More
2017-08-24 14:54
Have you ever asked what the example.com domain represents? We will give you some details here. Example.com (example.org, example.net) are domains that can be used as examples in documents/p… Read More
2017-08-24 05:53
You are receiving such messages on your cPanel/CentOS server with CSF installed? Time: Wed Aug 23 13:31:28 2017 -0500 Error: Failed to detect code [bBBeGfELFkMEGUV4fi] in SYSLOG_LOG [/var/lo… Read More
2017-08-23 15:39
cPanel v66 is not using anymore a MySQL database for the cphulkd utility. cPHulk now uses SQLite. So, after upgrading to cPanel v66 you will receive a message saying: The following MySQL dat… Read More
2017-08-21 16:49
It’s always a good idea to keep your WHM/cPanel installation up-to-date. You can upgrade cPanel via the WHM interface or via the command line. Upgrade cPanel via the WHM interface: Con… Read More
2017-08-21 14:53
AutoSSL is a cPanel utility that will automatically generate and renew(every three months) free cPanel SSL certificates (Powered by Comodo) for your users/domains. The AutoSSL feature provid… Read More
2017-08-20 11:22
You will get such an error when the system fails to get a new license. The cPanel message states: Unknown License File Version (has = 27, needed = 28, length=2931). This means that the syste… Read More
2017-08-19 20:31
You will probably not change the server hostname very often, but we will show you here how to do it. Usually, on a Linux server you will use the command hostname server.domain.com , lik… Read More
2017-08-19 09:17
You can change the cPanel/WHM update tier in WHM>>Server Configuration>>Update Preferences. You will see there your cPanel installed version and the current tier. Notice that onc… Read More
2017-08-18 16:48
We will show you here how you can get the MySQL/MariaDB server started date on a CentOS server. This can be useful for server statistics etc. 1. Use the select now() – interval variabl… Read More
2017-07-16 05:33
In Vesta Control Panel you can change some details for your account – like the password, email address, name etc. To access the Vesta account preferences: 1. Access your Vesta account… Read More
2017-07-14 23:25
You don’t want to use anymore Vesta? You can just uninstall it or you can reinstall the operating system. To uninstall VestaCP on CentOS do: Connect to your server via SSH as root Stop… Read More
2017-07-14 13:25
Unlike cPanel and WHM that has separate ports for secure and unsecure connections, Vesta is using a single port – 8083 – which is not using a SSL certificate by default. But you… Read More
2017-07-13 11:52
After the admin created your package and user, you can now add your web domains. This is a very easy process in Vesta Control Panel. Let’s see how. To add a new domain in your web host… Read More
2017-07-13 11:47
In Vesta Control Panel only the admin can create/suspend/delete users. To create a new user in Vesta, use the following steps: 1. Connect to your Vesta account as admin user 2. From the… Read More
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