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CentOS Web Panel allows users and administrators to create and run Cron jobs as needed. The administrator can create a cron job for any user in the administrator panel. Users can only make cron jobs for their own accounts. Running Cron Jobs as an Administrator Log in to your...
Sometimes you need to run a virus scan on your server to ensure your files are not infected with files that can compromise your site. CentOS Web Panel comes with an Antivirus Scanner that you can run to check your files on your account. Running the Scan Step 1: Login to your...
WordPress is arguably the most popular web platform on the internet. When using CentOS Web Panel on VPS server, you may wish to install WordPress. This guide will cover the steps required for installing WordPress on CentOS Web Panel. Prerequisites CentOS Web Panel Installed...
Common commands for CentOS 7 specific Operating Systems are below Basic Configuration Query or System Locale localectl Display the Current Time and Date date timedatectl Sync Date and Time timedatectl Configure SSH /etc/ssh/ssh_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config Jobs and Services...
Using log files is critical to monitoring the Operating System and troubleshooting any problems. CentOS 7 has a built-in syslog that is used to build your log files. What Logs Does Syslog Generate? /var/log: The directory that you can find any logs generated by the syslog in...
This article is intended for Hostwinds clients who have chosen to install CentOS 7 to begin configuring and customizing the server using the command-line interface. We highly recommend taking a snapshot backup before making any modifications in case you need to restore it at...
What is CentOS Web Panel? CentOS Web Panel (CWP) is a free web hosting control panel designed for quick and easy management of servers, both virtual and dedicated. Using this control panel, you won't need to resort to managing your server through SSH . As CWP has full...
When using CentOS Web Panel as your server management system, many domain-related functions require a non-root user to associate with your domain(s). You can also use user accounts to delegate server management tasks. This article will explain how to create a CentOS User...
This article will describe how to restore data from your Duplicati based nightly backup product. This is actually a straightforward process and should only take a few steps to complete. It should be basically the same in both Windows and Linux servers since the steps would...
ClipBucket is an open-source script that allows you to host your own video-sharing website similar to Youtube. This article will cover how to configure your server to install ClipBucket in a CentOS environment with cPanel. If you'd like to install the ClipBucket software,...
BIND is the default and most popular DNS software utilized on Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux or, more specifically for this article, CentOS 7. The primary function of BIND is to translate domain names to their corresponding IP addresses. The focus of this article...
What is BIND? BIND is generally the default and most popular DNS software that is used across various Linux distributions. BIND is used to translate domain names to their assigned IP address, ensuring the domain is resolvable across the internet. In this article, we will...
What Is Virtualmin? Virtualmin is a Webmin module typically used to manage multiple virtual hosts through a single interface, similar to cPanel. It supports multiple functions such as creating/managing Apache virtual hosts, MySQL database creation/management, generating DNS...
PHP modules, or extensions, can greatly extend the core functionality of PHP. These modules are compiled libraries that can help you implement different methods to connect to other services without the need to "reinvent the wheel." By enabling these modules, your PHP code...
PHP is a prevalent open-source scripting language that is ideal for web-based development. It is executed on the server-side and used in a variety of websites/web-based applications. PHP is also an integral part of a LAMP stack, a widely used method to host websites, as it...
An open-source variation of the SQL database management system, MySQL is a very common system to find on a Linux-based server. MySQL is used by many large companies across the internet, such as Facebook and YouTube, to store various bits of pertinent data. MySQL can also be...