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Does cPanel come with WHM?

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cPanel is one of the leading control panels in the web hosting industry. Often being a beginner, you might also encounter the same question: Does cPanel come with WHM? The answer is “YES!”. cPanel and WHM are a package and come together. Web Hosting Manager, popularly known as WHM, enables you to perform all the […]

Confirming mod_rewrite is enabled

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What is mod_rewrite? The mod_rewrite module uses a rule-based rewriting engine based on a PCRE regular-expression parser to rewrite requested URLs on the fly; by default, mod_rewrite maps a URL to a filesystem path. However, it can also redirect one URL to another URL or invoke an internal proxy fetch. mod_rewrite provides a flexible and […]

Upgrading PHP in cPanel servers

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cPanel/WHM often implements the upgraded PHP versions with the newest security updates; for PHP updated versions, you must keep the cPanel/WHM server up-to-date. Let us know more about upgrading PHP versions in cPanel servers. 1. First, login into the WHM panel, https://your-domain.com:2087 or https://IP-address: 2087 or https://server-hostname: 2087. 2. Navigate to Software → EasyApache 4. 3. Next, click on Customize. 4. Now navigate to the PHP […]

Plesk Locations of Logs

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Logs are the files created by the service, consisting of activities and actions performed. This article will cover the location of logs files, specifically the Plesk control panel. Learn more about Plesk locations of logs. Plesk Control Panel Logs Description Location Error Logs I /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log Error Logs II /var/log/sw-cp-server/sw-engine.log Access Logs /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log Panel Logs /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log […]

View the body and/or header of a queued exim message

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Email headers are nothing but HTML snippet which contains information of the sender, recipient, email’s route. This article will learn how to view the body and the header of a queued Exim message. How to view exim queued email header? Use the following command to check the Exim email header, Example, How to view exim […]

How to Choose a Hostname?

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Your server’s hostname (host.domain.com) is the name of your server. Since all of your clients will be able to see it, you will want to be careful to choose the one you like. It is also worth noting that you can always change the hostname later. But there are a few things you need to make sure to check when doing […]

DirectAdmin License has Expired

Invalid license errors are either due to wrong uid/lid, IP, or date, or the DA cron isn’t running. You should first see if the cron is running by searching the cron log for license update crons, If not, try to run the cron manually, If you see errors like the following, you may need to […]

WordPress Plugin Blacklist

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WordPress is a very open and active ecosystem. Unfortunately, with many thousands of plugins available, some conflict with our system or negatively impact your website. In an effort to help your site run as well as possible, we’ve compiled a list of plugins that we do not allow on our network. We do our best […]

phpMyAdmin is asking for a password to login

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Sometimes when you try to access the phpMyAdmin through either cPanel or WHM directly you encounter with phpMyAdmin login screen, This error occurs when the MySQL password for the cPanel User or Root user is out of sync. To fix this problem, you need to change the password for the cPanel/Root user using the following […]

How to install WordPress manually?

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WordPress is a leading content management system (CMS) and is widely used in various industries due to its versatility and community-driven multipurposesness. Let us learn, how to install WordPress manually? Download WordPress First, you need to download the WordPress files using WordPress.org. Click on the following link to process with the download, https://wordpress.org/download/ Upload WordPress […]