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How to Install Comodo WAF on cPanel
Web Applications are the #1 target of internet attacks. That’s why using web application firewalls like ModSecurity can help to reduce the risk of attacks. Today we will show you how to Install Comodo WAF on cPanel servers. If you combine a perfect software like ModSecurity with the fantastic rule set from Comodo, then you are increasing your Web…
Read More »How to install mod_geoip on cPanel
mod_geoip is an Apache module created by MaxMind. It’s widely used to geo-locate your visitors to know geographical location (country, city, IP lookup, etc). On this post today we will explore an easy way to install mod_geoip on cPanel servers. Follow this step by step instructions on how to get mod_geoip installed on your cPanel/WHM server How can…
Read More »Turn Off MySQL Reverse DNS lookup to Speed Up MySQL Performance
Recently my tech team came across a weird problem. It was a MySQL server that was taking forever to serve each query (between 4 to 6 seconds). After taking a deep look, what we found was that the mysql reverse dns lookup was causing the slow that our customer noticed. How can I turn off MySQL reverse dns…
Read More »How to Add SPF and DKIM to All Domains in cPanel Servers
Question: How can I add SPF and DKIM to all domains in cPanel server? Answer: You can do it with this tyny handy script that we will show you below using the command line from the root user of your cPanel server. SPF and Domaink Keys (DKIM) are one of the best practices you can do for your mail…
Read More »Change Joomla admin user password from MySQL CLI
Question: How can I change the Joomla admin password via command line on Linux? Answer: You can change Joomla admin user password using command line, yes, that’s possible using MySQL Shell. If you lost your Joomla admin user password, you can reset it easily using command line. Let’s explore how to do it on the following tutorial. Reset…
Read More »How to clear DNS cache of your Operating System
DNS Cache (sometimes called DNS resolver cache) is the way your system has to grab a copy of the internet locations (IP addresses) of each website that you recently visited. DNS Resolver Cache is a DNS database that includes records of all the recent visits to websies and other internet domains. The purpose of DNS Cache This DNS Cache…
Read More »How to remove / terminate a cPanel account using the Linux terminal
On this post we will explore how to delete or terminate a cPanel account using the Linux terminal / CLI (command line interface). Remove / terminate a cPanel account from command line In older versions of cPanel software, to terminate a cPanel account you needed tu run this script: /scripts/killacct or /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/killacct The right sintax to delete a cpanel…
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