Creating a CSR from WHM is a very simple. A Certificate Signing request, is given to a certificate authority, to issue a signed and verified SSL. The secure socket layer certificate is used on web servers to encrypt data that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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How to password protect your directory…
If you are running an apache server password protecting directories is fairly simple. There are plenty of generators that will help you generate all of the code that you need to place into your .htaccess and .htpasswd files. This can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Creating a Database in cPanel has a couple of steps to it. After creating the database, you will also need to create a user and then add that user to the database. The last 2 steps are commonly missed. Remember […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Setting up name servers on your cPanel server
Using the name servers on your server can make things a bit easier when it comes to editing your DNS settings. When using the name servers built into cPanel, you can add sub-domains with out having to make any changes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How to order and install an SSL in cPanel
The CSR Before you can order the SSL, you will need to create a CSR, or Certificate Signing Request. The CSR tells the certificate authority the information that the certificate will contain. To create the CSR you can: Login to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Creating a new Cpanel account and setting up the domain
To create a new cPanel account, Login to your WHM with root as the user, and the root password you used to set up the server. In the find box type “create” and click the link “Create a new […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Move your add-on domain to its own cPanel account
Sometimes people like to make one cPanel account with multiple domains within it. With cPanel, this can make things difficult sometimes. There are a few things that would require your domain to be on its own cPanel account. Like in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Backups are very important to a website. If something should happen to the server, whether it be a hardware failure or breech of security, it is always good to have a copy or 2 to revert to. Backups can be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whitelist A Rule in Mod Security # Find Modsec Errors cat /usr/local/apache/logs/error_logs | grep -i modsec # Check the domain logs if you don’t see it in the apache logs cat /usr/local/apache/domlogs/$DOMAIN | grep -i modsec # Add this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
# Download and unzip wordpress cd /home/$USER/public_html wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip unzip latest.zip rm latest.zip # remove superfluous directory mv wordpress/* ./ rmdir wordpress/ # Make wordpress writeable by the webserver/or USER mkdir wp-content/uploads wp-content/cache chown apache:apache wp-content/uploads wp-content/cache chown -R $USER. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…