End of Life for cPanel & WHM 11.30

From cpanel.net This is the notification of the End of Life for cPanel & WHM 11.30. The 18-month lifetime of cPanel & WHM 11.30 ends now. The last release of cPanel & WHM 11.30, being 11.30.8.0, will remain on our mirrors indefinitely. You may continue using this last release, however no updates for version 11.30…


New Twitter Feed

Hi, Just adding a new twitter feed and testing it out… YOWSA!


Update Ruby On Rails

Update Ruby On Rails Ruby on Rails has recently released patches for a critical security vulnerability affecting nearly all versions of Rails. It is critical that your Rails applications be updated to one of the following versions: 3.2.11 3.1.10 3.0.10 2.3.15 If you have a cPanel server, make sure you have cPanel’s daily updates running….


Useful Linux Networking Commands – Part 1

Someone recently asked me what some of the more useful linux networking commands are and what some of the implementations are. Here is a compiled list for some of those commands: (click continue reading below first before using the links… long page is long)   1. netstat 2. ping 3. traceroute 4. mtr 5. whois…


WordPress 3.5 and DSO error

It appears that when a server is running DSO as the PHP handler and if a WordPress 3.5 update is needed, the maintenance file is written with ownership as user.user during the upgrade process. This may prevent the file from being removed correctly once the upgrade had completed. The page will display: Briefly unavailable for…


Google secure connection (SSL) and cPanel email issues

As of December 12th 2012, Google is no longer allowing secure connections to servers with self signed SSL’s. This simply means if a client checks a cpanel email account from gmail, (assuming they have forwarding setup) they may run into errors stating the SSL connection is not allowed. There appears to be two fixes, either…


Install Cloudlinux in cPanel

PREPARATION Obtain the Cloud Linux License from manage2.cpanel.net Obtain permission from the customer to reboot the server.    In cPanel: /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt /usr/local/cpanel/bin/cloudlinux_system_install -k ~Possible error: Might see “Yum error: Plugins are disabled”. ~Add “plugins=1” to /etc/yum.conf and try again. echo “plugins=1” >> /etc/yum.conf that should do the trick shutdown -ar now ~When its back up…


mod_cloudflare and mod_cloudflare cpan

mod_cloudflare When using Cloudflare, in order to retrieve the actual visitors IP that connect to your server, you must install mod_cloudflare. Normally when using Cloudflare, all of the IP’s that connect to your web server will come from a Cloudflare IP address. mod_cloudflare is an Apache module that forces Apache to log actual visitor IP…


10 must-know Apache directives and modules

By Jack Wallen From techrepublic.com – April 11, 2012 Takeaway: Apache can be extended in many ways. Here are a few key directives and modules that can help you tap into its flexibility and power. If you use the Apache Web server, you know how flexible it is. One of the reasons for this flexibility…


Pancake

From pancakehttp.net Pancake is a fast, simple and lightweight HTTP-Server written in PHP with acceleration for PHP-powered websites. System requirements:…