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Suppose you notice that your server starts to perform slower or has trouble keeping up with the traffic to your site. Usually, this will be due to memory-intensive processes. In some cases, this may be related to a normal cPanel / WHM Process or even a cPanel User/site on...
Windows's built-in FTP does not support secure FTP, making Filezilla Server an option to support secure FTP. It also offers a simpler user management that is presented upfront on the server application's interface. While it is not a better solution to the IIS FTP role, it is...
Virtualmin is a domain and web hosting software that lets you set up automation tasks and virtualize individual environments for your websites. It is an alternative to cPanel or Plesk and is based on the Webmin web hosting software. Virtualmin will run in as little as 512MB...
SFTP is similar to the popular file transfer protocol FTP. The main differences are that instead of having separate FTP accounts for authentication and using SSL/TLS for encryption, SFTP uses the already available user accounts on the server and ssh keys/fingerprints for...
Within WHM, there comes the ability to automatically kill processes that are related to IRC Bots and Servers. Usually, this is more of a concern if there is shell access allowed for the cPanel user. Where To Find The Background Process Killer Step One: Log into your WHM...
Whenever you change to DNS or add a subdomain for your site, cPanel will add the task to restart the Web server or DNS Server to the queue. This queue is to help prevent degradation of performance with a large number of changes being made constantly. This will do, is group...
There may come a time when you have a cPanel / WHM Server full of accounts that you need to incorporate into your WHMCS. This can be due to a new installation of WHMCS or acquirement of another server. Regardless of the reason, you will be able to import the accounts from...
If you have ever faced an issue with your site being down or showing Database Connection errors, there is likely a service that is down on the server. In WHM, you can view the services running on the server and their status and version. You can also find the Current Load and...
With Windows, Microsoft pushes updates to the operating system fairly frequently. These updates often include important aspects such as security updates, which it is highly recommended you install. However, by default, Windows updates will automatically download and install...
When using the Hostwinds VPS or Dedicated Server to host your cPanel and WHM applications, the first time you access it will prompt you to perform some initial one-time setup steps. This guide will discuss the cPanel and WHM initial setup process and is intended for...
When you register a domain name, you are asked to provide quite a bit of information. This is so that if ICANN (the organization that handles domain name registrations) needs to get in touch with you for any reason, they can do so. If this information is not accurate, you...
Magento is a popular open-source e-commerce framework that provides you with a full platform to create an e-commerce website. There are two main versions of Magento. One version is Magento Community which is free to use for anyone. There is also Magento Enterprise which...
While WordPress might be the most popular script in Softaculous, many people want to set up a shop without a blog framework. PrestaShop, similar to WordPress, is written in PHP and uses MySQL. It's available in Softaculous and works well with our Shared or Business web...
There may come a time where you will need to review the current information about your server running WHM, such as when looking to upgrade or seeing if more Storage Space or RAM is needed. Within WHM, there is an easy place to find all of this information; on the Server...
Within WHM, you can select what server software you want to handle the FTP service on your server. You can reach the selection options for this from the FTP Server Selection page in the Service Configuration category of WHM. The different options for the FTP server software...
When users set up in CentOS Web Panel (CWP), they occasionally need to add domains to their plan. This guide will go over adding domains from the User Panel in CentOS Web Panel. Prerequisites for Adding Domains CentOS Web Panel installed and setup The user account created...