Category: Cpanel

EasyApache
May 25, 2019
Reinstall EasyApache4
To reinstall EasyApache 4, run
```
yum reinstall ea-*
```
May 25, 2019
Analytics

Matomo is an alternative to Google Analytics.

https://matomo.org

http://www.openwebanalytics.com

https://plausible.io/ – Open source github

May 4, 2019
Enable HTTP/2 in Cpanel Server
HTTP/2 only works with mod_worker or mod_event. if you use another mpm module you need to switch to worker or event.

To install http2, login to WHM as user root. Go to
```
WHM > EasyApache 4 >  Currently Installed Packages > Customize
```
Now under Apache Modules, search for “http2”. Use the selector on right side to install it. Click “Next” until it it reach provision page. Click “Provision”.

Configuration for http2 located at
```
[root@ip-172-31-47-93 ~]# cat /etc/apache2/conf.d/http2.conf 

    LogLevel http2:info
    Protocols h2 h2c http/1.1

[root@ip-172-31-47-93 ~]# 
```
You can verify HTTP2 work for your site at

https://tools.keycdn.com/http2-test

Most browsers only support HTTP2 over SSL, so make sure you have SSL (https://) enabled.

See Cpanel Server http2
March 6, 2019
phpMyAdmin missing from WHM after upgrade
On WHM, phpMyAdmin was missing from left menu after Cpanel upgrade.

Verify cpanel-phpmyadmin package insalled on the server.
```
[root@server82 ~]# rpm -qa | grep phpmyadmin
cpanel-phpmyadmin-4.8.3-6.cp1176.noarch
[root@server82 ~]# 
```
Since phpmyadmin package was installed, clear WHM cache with commands
```
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/refresh_plugins_cache
/scripts/rebuild_whm_chrome
```
After clearning browser cahce, phpMyAdmin started showing in WHM.
March 3, 2019

Imunify Anti Virus

Imunify is an anti-malware software for webservers. It has 3 versions. ImunifyAV, ImunifyAV+, and Imunify360. ImunifyAV only supports manual scanning. ImunifyAV+ supports Scheduled scanning and One-click malware cleanup. Imunify360 has more protection, it supports scheduled scanning, a built-in firewall, and web application firewall (WAF), that protect against application-level attacks, WordPress brute force attacks, kernel update without reboot using KernelCare and many more.

For PAID version, see Imunify360

Feature	ImunifyAV	ImunifyAV+	Imunify360
Scheduled scanning	No	Yes	Yes
Malware cleanup	No	Yes	Yes
Proactive Defense	No	No	Yes
Stop bad bots and SPAM comments	No	No	Yes
Web Application Firewall	No	No	Yes

Install ImunifyAV

Uninstall ImunifyAV

See cloudlinux

February 25, 2019

CloudLinux EasyApache 4 Profile Missing
On CloudLinux server, EasyApache profile was missing.

WHM shows following error message
```
Please run “yum install ea-profiles-cpanel” to install the default cPanel profiles.
```
Re installing ea-profiles-cpanel did not help.

The issue is resolved by running
```
# cd ~; wget https://repo.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux/sources/cloudlinux_ea3_to_ea4; sh cloudlinux_ea3_to_ea4 --convert
```
See Cpanel
January 29, 2019
Install LiteSpeed Web Server on Cpanel Server
To install LiteSpeed Web Server on Cpanel Server, run
```
wget https://www.litespeedtech.com/packages/cpanel/lsws_whm_autoinstaller.sh
chmod a+x lsws_whm_autoinstaller.sh
./lsws_whm_autoinstaller.sh TRIAL
```
This will instal 15 day TRAIl version of the LiteSpeed Web Server. Once you purchased license, you will be able to update license key in WHM.

LiteSpeed Web Server installed on folder
```
/usr/src/lsws
```
To restart LiteSpeed, run
```
systemctl restart lsws
```
Once LiteSpeed installed, you need to switch to LiteSpeed by running
```
/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/cp_switch_ws.sh lsws
```
You can also do this in WHM.

You can login to web interface at
```
https://IPADDR:7080/login.php
```
You will need admin password to login here, to set admin password, run
```
/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/admpass.sh
```
See Litespeed Web Server
January 1, 2019
Enable CloudLinux PHP lsapi
CloudLinux provides high performance PHP module lsapi. It is a replacement for suphp available on cpanel servers. lsapi module is a based on LiteSpeed Technologies API for PHP.

To enable lsapi in CloudLinux Cpanel Server, go to
```
WHM > EasyApache 4
```
Provision profile
```
CloudLinux + All PHP Options + OpCache + mod_lsapi
```
Click “Provision” and wait until the software is updated.

Now you need to set lsapi as default PHP handler. To do this, go to
```
WHM > MultiPHP Manager
```
Click on “PHP Handlers”.

On Next page, you can set handler for each PHP versions.

You can set PHP handler to lsapi gloabally using following command
```
/usr/bin/switch_mod_lsapi --enable-global
```
Once you run it, all PHP version handlers will get chanegd to lsapi.

If you check PHP info, you will see Server API listed as LiteSpeed.

Back to lsapi
December 26, 2018
Cpanel Server Disk Partition
Many server providers setup server with smaller / partition like 20 GB. This is fine for normal Linux Servers, you will need more disk space on Cpanel Servers. Many use CloudLinux on Cpanel Servers, this will require you to have more free disk space on / partition.

The partition i use for Cpanel Servers are
```
/  = 122880 MB (120 GB)
/home = rest of the disk
swap = 8192 MB (8 GB)
```
I don’t create seperate partition for /usr and /var as this will use up more space, may end up one of the partition get filled up while other have lot of free space. Having one partition for /, you don’t need to worry much.

Another partition scheme is give everything to /
```
/  = All of the disk.
swap = 8 GB
```
December 20, 2018

Install mod_remoteip in Cpanel Server

To install mod_remoteip in Cpanel Server, run

yum install ea-apache24-mod_remoteip

Edit file

vi /etc/apache2/conf.modules.d/370_mod_remoteip.conf

Add

RemoteIPHeader X-Forwarded-For
RemoteIPTrustedProxy 127.0.0.1 PROXY_SERVER_IP_HERE

Restart Apache.

systemctl restart apache2

At this stage, PHP applications will show the proper visitor IP addresses.

Apache access logs will still show the proxy server IP. To fix this, edit the Apache configuration file.

Find

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

Replace with

LogFormat "%a %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%a %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

Restart Apache

systemctl restart apache2

Cloudflare Restore Real IP Address in Cpanel Server

Back to Cpanel Server

November 26, 2018

PHP mails not working on Cpanel Server
On a cpanel server, PHP scripts can’t sent email. Incoming and outgoing emails for email users (mailbox) are working properly.

To debug, loggged in to SSH as one of the cpanel user.
```
su - CPANEL_USER
```
If SSH access is not enabled, enable SSH in WHM.

Once logged in, verify sendmail works.
```
[sabtempco@buffalo ~]$ sendmail -f [email protected] [email protected]
sendmail: Not running with correct effective GID.  Is sendmail binary setgid mailtrap?
sendmail: Not running with correct effective GID.  Is sendmail binary setgid mailtrap?
[sabtempco@buffalo ~]$ 
```
I get above error message. This is because permission error with /usr/sbin/sendmail.

To fix, run
```
chmod +x /usr/sbin/sendmail
chmod g+s /usr/sbin/sendmail
chown root:mailtrap /usr/sbin/sendmail
```
If you are using CloudLinux CageFS, try disable and see if it works. If it work after you disable CafeFS, run
```
cagefsctl --force-update
```
October 12, 2018