WHM Hosting Resources
In WHM, there is a tool that can check a Perl script for modules that are missing from the server and attempt to install them, as needed. It’s called the Perl Script Checker. 1) You can find it under Software. 2) Here it is. Check/Repair a Perl Script. 3) All you have to do is
Remote Access Keys are used by external servers and software to communicate with your cPanel & WHM server. In particular, the access keys are used by the servers in a DNS Cluster to communicate without needing each of the others’ root passwords. 1) To find and regenerate your server’s Remote Access Key, scroll down in
Now that you should have the backup system enabled and configured, you should know how to restore backups in case you ever need to do so. There are three tools in the Backup section that we’ll be going over. 1) Find that section in the menu. 2) First, go to Restore Backups. In order to
This tutorial will show you how to configure automatic backups in WHM Taking regular backups is an important part of running any sort of website. You can configure WHM to automatically make backups of all the important information on your server at specified intervals. 1) To do so, go to the Backup category. 2) Click
Depending on your update settings, you may or may not need to run cPanel’s update script manually in order for it to check for and install updates. If you’d like to change or verify your update settings, we showed how early on in the Setup series. 1) To manually run cPanel’s update script, go to
Server and system software updates should be performed automatically everytime cPanel’s update script runs; you should not need to run these updates manually. If for some reason you do need to, you can do so from the Software category. 1) Find it in the menu. 2) First, we’ll run Update Server Software. This will check
There are two tools you can use to reboot your server from within WHM. They have their own category, called System Reboot. 1) Let’s go to Graceful Server Reboot first. This tool is the preferred way to reboot your system. You should use this method whenever possible; it allows the server to close any processes
With the Background Process Killer, you can tell WHM to search every day for processes your users should have no reason to run in a standard web hosting environment. If a process is found, the scanner will automatically kill the process and send you an e-mail telling you who was running it. 1) Locate the
WHM allows you to run two security-related scans that may be of use to you. 1) Go to Security. 2) Start with Quick Security Scan. This tool will check for and disable any unnecessary services that may have been installed by your operating system. If they aren’t being used, there’s no point in keeping them
This tutorial will show you how to check your system health with WHM Like Server Status, the System Health category also contains a number of potentially useful tools relating to CPU usage, disk usage, and the currently running processes. 1) Scroll down to System Health in the menu. 2) Start with Show Current CPU Usage.
You’ll probably need to suspend an account for some reason at some point in the future. Accounts can also be suspended automatically due to bandwidth overage. When a client’s account is suspended, all the websites associated with that account will display the default Suspended Page. 1) To modify this page, locate the Account Functions menu.
This tutorial will show you how to email all users in WHM It’s important that you keep your customers informed of any maintenance or planned downtime. Assuming your clients keep their contact e-mails up-to-date in cPanel, you can send e-mail to all of them at once in WHM. 1) Go to the Account Functions. 2)
