Wildcard DNS allows a server to display and combination of subdomains for a website. For example, wildcard DNS for thecpaneladmin.com will allow any subdomain to resolve to this website, even if they have not been specifically created. Subdomains th The 24 Hour Sinus Breakthrough! at have been created individually in cPanel will still route to…
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A lot of hosts that deploy a large number of servers are automating updates instead of running them manually. While cPanel updates can be automated as well, it’s become a common question of how to automate Apache and PHP updates across a large number of servers without having to manually run EasyApache on each server,…
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A wildcard ssl basically allows you to use unlimited subdomains on a given domain name with one SSL certificate. A user will need to purchase a wildcard SSL from a vendor that supplies them. Similar to having multiple certificates installed on a Seduccion Peligrosa ** 75% Comision ** :: Ventas Y Conversiones Altas server, each…
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Passive FTP is not enabled with pure-ftp by default. To enable this, edit /etc/pure-ftpd.conf and uncomment out this line: PassivePortRange 30000 50000 This means that FTP will answer passively on the range of ports between 30000 and 50000, so you may want to narrow the scope to something like 30000 to 35000. Once you do…
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There are three ways to change a site’s IP address on a cPanel server: Via WHM: Go to WHM > Change site’s IP Address , select the account, then select the IP Via Command Line: /usr/local/cpanel/bin/setsiteip -u $user $ip Manually: (This is also useful for changing the IP address of a single domain in an…
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Cpanel has a lot of supporting software that you may be using on your server. In case something goes amiss, here is a list of scripts that reinstall cpanel-provided software on your system. For most all of these, you can pass a –force as an argument to force a reinstall of the application. Update: Most…
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Enabling Dovecot You can convert a server from cppop or Courier IMAP to dovecot by running the following command: /scripts/setupmailserver dovecot Configuring Dovecot Most relevant configurations can be made via WHM > Mailserver Configuration, but you can also change these via the config templates. You generally have to save the config via WHM at…
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cPanel’s stock installation of Exim includes a Tailwatchd driver called Antirelayd . Antirelayd is a daemon that checks /var/log/maillog for POP3 and IMAP logins and keeps track of valid logins for SMTP relaying. It reads /etc/relayhosts file automatically which is dynamically-updated, so any IPs that you add to this file will not be retained. By…
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Cpanel 11.25 introduces a new feature to allow you to set a reseller’s shared IP to be different from that of the server’s shared IP. This feature can be activated in WHM > Reseller Center > Manage reseller’s shared/main IP. While this will allow you to have multiple accounts on the same IP, those accounts…
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This post is obsolete as of cPanel 11.36. To install ImageMagick: yum -y install ImageMagick-devel ImageMagick-c++-devel For PHP: /usr/bin/pecl install imagick For Perl: yum -y install ImageMagick-perl (You may need to temporarily remove “perl*” from /etc/yum.conf) LEGACY VERSION INSTALLATION: Some time in earlier 2009 cPanel added a new script to their repository to allow cPanel…
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