Introduction Fantastico is a script auto-installer for cPanel that allows users to install popular web applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and more with a few clicks. Prerequisites Before proceeding, ensure: Implementation Step 1: Login via SSH Access the server through SSH as the root user. Step 2: Navigate to… Continue Reading How to install Fantastico on cPanel/WHM

Introduction Apache HTTP Server and PHP are widely used technologies for hosting dynamic websites and web applications. Installing Apache with PHP through source compilation provides greater control over versions, modules, performance optimization, and custom configurations compared to package-based installations. This method is commonly used in environments where administrators require specific… Continue Reading How to install/compile Apache with PHP via source installation

How to install dkim and domainkeys in postfix? DomainKeys works by signing outbound e-mail messages with a cryptographic signature which can be verified by the recipient to determine if the messages originates from an authorized system. DKIM–DomainKeys Identified Mail. DKIM is an extension of DomainKeys. It allows a recipient to… Continue Reading Installing Domainkeys, DKIM in postfix

Introduction Pure-FTPd is a widely used FTP server in cPanel environments for managing file transfers securely and efficiently. However, administrators may occasionally encounter service restart failures caused by configuration conflicts or unsupported authentication settings. One common error is “421 Unknown authentication method: extauth:/var/run/ftpd.sock”, which prevents Pure-FTPd from starting properly. In… Continue Reading Not able to restart Pure-FTPd: 421 Unknown authentication method: extauth:/var/run/ftpd.sock

This guide will explain how to set up a site over https.1. Get the required software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For an SSL encrypted web server you will need a few things. Depending on your install you may or may not have OpenSSL and mod_ssl, Apache’s interface to OpenSSL. Use yum to install… Continue Reading Setting up an SSL website in CentOS/Ubuntu if there is no control panel

CloudFlare: How to speed up my customers blog or website?You are the owner of a web-hosting company with N number of shared servers. Customers keeps complaining that the website/blogs are slow or the loading time of the domain has increased. You are aware about the server that it has high… Continue Reading CloudFlare and its used

Introduction A TAR (Tape Archive) file is commonly used on Linux and Unix systems to bundle multiple files into a single archive. There may be situations where you need to search for a specific word or string inside the files contained within a TAR archive without manually extracting the entire… Continue Reading How to Search for a Word Inside a TAR Archive Using a Shell Script

Introduction Roundcube is the webmail application bundled with cPanel for managing email accounts through a web browser. In some environments, administrators may need to verify the installed Roundcube version or perform an upgrade to access new features, bug fixes, or security improvements. Note: Modern versions of cPanel manage Roundcube automatically… Continue Reading How to Find the Roundcube Version Provided by cPanel and Upgrade Roundcube

Introduction SORBS (Spam and Open Relay Blocking System) is a DNS-based Realtime Blackhole List (DNSBL) used to identify IP addresses associated with spam activity, open relays, and other unwanted mail sources. By integrating SORBS with Exim, incoming SMTP connections can be checked against the blacklist database before accepting email. If… Continue Reading Configuring Exim with the SORBS RBL Blacklist

Introduction When an email cannot be delivered to its intended recipient, the sending mail server generates a bounce message, also known as a Non-Delivery Report (NDR). These messages contain SMTP reply codes or enhanced status codes that indicate why the email delivery failed. ASSP (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy) and other mail… Continue Reading ASSP and Other Mail Bounce Back Codes