cPanel & WHM update failure in upcp script – The following events were logged: “scripts/update-packages”.
If you have many cPanel servers you’ll find from time to time they don’t update. This is unfortunately a more common problem than usual. Here
Control Panels
Override cPanel & WHM requires a minimum of 2048 MB of available RAM
Whilst trying to install DNS Only, you run into this annoying RAM warning: 2024-10-09 05:51:15 370 [5358] ( INFO): Checking RAM now… 2024-10-09 05:51:15 375
Where are the Virtualmin install scripts located?
Have a look at: /etc/webmin/virtual-server/latest-scripts For example, you’ll find this: phpmyadmin.pl wordpress.pl
CPU spikes on a Virtualmin server caused by `collectioninfo.pl` – causes and remedies
Background On a small Virtualmin server without many domains you won’t noticeably see CPU spikes every 5 minutes. But the larger your servers gets, and
How to install an older version of WHM
Scenario You’re doing disaster recovery and you need to install an older version of WHM. The reason is you have legacy PHP 7.4 websites, that
How to enable soft quotas on Virtualmin
If you’re running a Virtualmin system is often best just to allow soft quotas. When you do this, at least when your client reaches their
How to deal with WHM/cPanel Mail Hold Email holding in /etc directory
WHM brings up this message: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one
WHM/cPanel’s WP Toolkit fails on many functions with out of memory
You have to use WHM. The default for PHP 8.1 for example is 32MB, move it to 64 MB and things will improve. WHM /
Virtualmin ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR
On an otherwise working Virtualmin port 80 HTTP website you may see the following error: This site can’t provide a secure connection example.com sent an invalid
How do you programmatically add or remove a DNS record from WHM/cPanel?
Background The WHM API documentation has lot of information on adding DNS records. Delete a record is a mess, but we’ll get to that just