Introduction Website speed is one of the most important factors for user experience, SEO ranking, and conversion rates. A slow website can frustrate visitors, increase bounce rates, and reduce search engine visibility. Even a delay of a few seconds can significantly impact how users interact with your website. If your website is hosted on cPanel ..
Introduction cPHulk is a security feature in WHM (WebHost Manager) that helps protect the server from brute-force login attacks. Administrators can use cPHulk to block suspicious IP addresses that attempt repeated login failures to services like cPanel, WHM, SSH, FTP, or email. This guide explains how to manually block an IP address using cPHulk in ..
Introduction AutoSSL is a feature in WHM/cPanel that automatically installs and renews free SSL certificates for hosted domains. It helps secure websites with HTTPS without requiring manual certificate purchase or renewal. This KB explains the step-by-step procedure to enable and run AutoSSL for a specific cPanel account in WHM. Step 1: Verify AutoSSL Provider is ..
Introduction ModSecurity (also known as mod_security) is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) module for Apache, LiteSpeed, and NGINX. It helps protect web applications from common attacks such as SQL injection, XSS, brute force attempts, and malicious bots. In a cPanel/WHM environment, ModSecurity adds an extra layer of security to hosted websites. Prerequisites Before proceeding, ensure: ..
Introductionmod_evasive is an Apache security module used in cPanel servers to protect websites from HTTP DoS, DDoS, and brute-force attacks.If mod_evasive is not tuned properly, it may block legitimate user traffic.This guide explains how to tune mod_evasive on a cPanel server to balance security and usability.By default, mod_evasive logs are stored in:/var/log/apache2/mod_evasive/PrerequisitesBefore proceeding, ensure you ..
1️⃣ Introduction The command: is used to retrieve detailed hosting resource usage information for a specific cPanel user account. It queries the ResourceUsage module in cPanel using UAPI and returns structured data about how much of the allocated hosting resources the user is currently consuming. This command is commonly used by system administrators for monitoring, ..
Introduction The 403, 404, and 500 errors are common HTTP errors encountered while accessing websites hosted on cPanel. These errors usually occur due to incorrect file permissions, missing files, misconfigured settings, or server-side issues. Understanding these errors and knowing how to troubleshoot them helps ensure your website remains accessible and functions correctly. Prerequisites (Make sure ..
Introduction: In a cPanel/WHM environment, each cPanel account has a contact email address that is used to receive important notifications such as backup alerts, disk usage warnings, security notices, and account-related system messages. Prerequisites: Method 1: Change Contact Email Using WHM API (Recommended) This is the official and safest method, as it updates the account ..
Introduction In shared hosting environments, the main shared IP address plays a critical role in how new hosting accounts are created and managed. In cPanel & WHM, this IP is automatically assigned to every new shared hosting account, making server administration faster and more efficient. However, there are situations where changing the main shared IP ..
Introduction Exim uses a retry database (also known as the hints database) to track temporary email delivery failures. When an email cannot be delivered due to issues such as SMTP errors, DNS failures, or temporary remote server unavailability, Exim defers the message and schedules a retry.Even after the underlying issue is resolved, Exim may continue ..
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