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The Importance of Reserved IP Addresses in cPanel/WHM

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The Importance of Reserved IP Addresses in cPanel/WHM Managing IP addresses correctly in a hosting environment is crucial for security, stability, and preventing accidental service disruption. In cPanel/WHM, one of the most overlooked features is the Reserved IPs system — a mechanism that prevents specific IP addresses from being used or reassigned improperly. Understanding IP … Read more

Managing and Cleaning up the Eximstats SQLite Database in cPanel

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Managing and Cleaning up the Eximstats SQLite Database in cPanel What Is the Eximstats Database? The eximstats database is used by cPanel servers to store statistics about email traffic. It captures data such as messages sent, failed deliveries, deferrals, and more. This data is useful for mail reporting in WHM or for scripts parsing mail … Read more

Search for WordPress plugin in a cPanel server using Bash

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WordPress plugins play a crucial role in extending the functionality of websites. However, from a security perspective, it is important to be aware of the plugins installed on a server, as outdated or vulnerable plugins can be exploited by attackers. This guide provides a simple Bash one-liner to search for a specific WordPress plugin across … Read more

cPanel Tips: Troubleshooting the Imunify360 Agent

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Troubleshooting the Imunify360 Agent Understanding the Imunify360 Agent vs. imunify360-agent Command For system administrators working with Imunify360, it is important to differentiate between the Imunify360 Agent as the core functionality of the security suite and the imunify360-agent command-line tool. The Imunify360 Agent is a service that runs continuously in the background, providing real-time security monitoring, … Read more

Bulk update PHP handler cPanel

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List existing handlers /usr/local/cpanel/bin/rebuild_phpconf –current Example Output: DEFAULT PHP: ea-php74 alt-php44 SAPI: cgi alt-php51 SAPI: cgi alt-php52 SAPI: cgi alt-php53 SAPI: cgi alt-php54 SAPI: cgi alt-php55 SAPI: cgi alt-php56 SAPI: cgi alt-php70 SAPI: cgi alt-php71 SAPI: cgi alt-php72 SAPI: cgi alt-php73 SAPI: cgi alt-php74 SAPI: cgi alt-php80 SAPI: cgi alt-php81 SAPI: cgi ea-php51 SAPI: cgi … Read more

Create a list of wp-config.php on a cPanel server.

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Sometimes it is necessary to edit in bulk all wp-config.php form all WordPress websites that are present in a cPanel server. We can start build that list first, then we can use commands like sed in order to bulk modify settings. This is just the method to generate this list: find /home -type f -name … Read more

Add Custom Directory to All cPanel Accounts

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Assuming that you have a cPanel server with a CentOS7 or CloudLinux 7 operating system, and you want to insert in each home directory a custom directory, here are the commands that help to do that: cd /home for i in *; do if [[ -d $i/public_html ]]; then mkdir $i/_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY; chown $i: $i/_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY; fi … Read more

WHM / cPanel List IP’s Cheatsheet

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List all IP’s, via API whmapi1 listips Count IP’s, including main IP whmapi1 listips | grep public_ip | wc -l List all IP’s, including main IP whmapi1 listips | grep public_ip | awk ‘{print $2}’ List all IP’s from /etc/ips (this doesn’t include the main IP) cat /etc/ips List dedicated IP / domain association cat … Read more