Writting WHM Plugins

A WHM plugin is merely a simple CGI application that has a couple of special comments in it to handle how it is displayed.  Any CGI language can be used here, however only perl will allow you access to some special functions that make permission handling much easier. All WHM plugins must be placed at [...]

Writing custom PHP script for cPanel interface

cPanel allows for additional pages to be written in PHP rather than straight HTML. This provides full access to cPanel APIs. Please read API tags for more information about API. To use cPanel PHP, place a PHP script anywhere inside of the following directory: /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/file_name You can access the directory at in the following way: [...]

Installing PostgreSQL on cPanel/WHM Server

Installing PostgreSQL is not a difficult process, but you should follow the steps below in order to ensure that everything is properly configured. Note: cPanel requires PostgreSQL 7.3.x or later. Earlier versions will not work. If necessary, update to cPanel 7.4.0 build 45 (or later). You can update cPanel by typing /scripts/upcp from the command [...]

Updating Apache using Cpanel EasyApache

EasyApache is a pre configured script that allows you to easily update Apache Web server through WHM or SSH. In this tutorial we will show you how to update apache using SSH /scripts/easyapache. Requirements: Root SSH access to your server Login as root through SSH. 1) Login to your server and su – to root. [...]

Installing new theme?

To install new cPanel theme you need to root login details. Once you logged in to server follow the steps cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/ mkdir -p cpanelappinstall cd cpanelappinstall wget -q http://www.cpanelskindepot.com/skindownload/cpanelappinstall.tar tar -xf cpanelappinstall.tar rm -f cpanelappinstall.tar Then run https://IP:2087/cpanelappinstall/install.php and follow the steps Note : Replace IP with your servers IP or hostname.

How to enable stats from WHM?

To enable the stats you need root login details. Once you logged into your WHM as root user follow the steps. Look in “Server Configuration”. Choose “Statistics Software Configuration”. Scroll down to “Statistics Processing Configuration Summary”. Click on “Configure Statistic Process Time Schedule”. Tick the boxes to denote the times during which stats should not [...]

Common features of cPanel, Plesk and DotNet Panel web hosting

cPanel, Plesk and DotNet Panel are the control panels offered by most of the professional web hosting service providers. These control panels provided by the hosting firms, help users to manage different tasks of web hosting. These panels simplifies the tasks for the support staff too, as clients are able to carry out majority of [...]

SSL Certificate Installation, Step by Step

First of all one must understand if your website needs an SSL certificate installed. SSL is an abbreviation of Secure Socket Layer. It is used for transfer of data through a secure channel i.e. between computers and the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) logoservers in an encrypted format. A website that involves online transactions, or share [...]

scripts in /scripts directory explanation

WebHost Manager has a large number of predefined scripts available in the /scripts folder. The available scripts are as follows: adddns – Adds a DNS zone. addfpmail – Add frontpage mail exts to all domains without them. addnetmaskips – Add the netmask 255.255.255.0 to all ips that have no netmask. addpop – Add a Pop [...]

Error reloading bind on server rndc: subdomain creation error

If you are getting following error while creating the subdomain Error reloading bind on ServerName: rndc: Then you need to check the named configuration file that is /etc/named.conf something is messed up there. Try to reload the named and if its giving you any error like Error reloading bind then run this script /scripts/fixrndc If [...]

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