How to deal with WHM/cPanel Mail Hold Email holding in /etc directory
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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
How to enable DNS management for WHM’s cPanel users
By default WHM doesn’t allow you to manage DNS for users. This has to be enabled by the administrator. Access WHM. Click on Packages -> Feature Manager. Select
How to get FTP on WHM working if you’re using Pure-FTPd and ConfigServer Firewall
Background WHM doesn’t allow passive FTP connections through by default. You have to first tell the FTP software that it must allow it and do
SSLProtocol: SSLv2 is no longer supported causing Virtualmin to serve default website
On a stock Virtualmin server you may deploy a new website, only to find that instead of the new website serving the default (first site
How to turn fine tune or turn off excessive notifications in WHM when using CSF Firewall
Background CSF firewall is a very powerful tool, but unfortunately the default notifications on a busy or mature system is way too heavy. It order
Virtualmin Bind configuration on CentOS 7 gone after upgrading to Virtualmin 7.2 or Webmin 1999
If you’re running a Virtualmin system, and all of a sudden your backups are failing with errors like these: Creating backup for virtual server example.com ..
How to deal with WHM (server) certificate renewal issues
Background This article is about WHM server certificates, not cPanel certificates. WHM uses a 3rd party SSL service called Sectigo. At times the built-in SSL