Cpanel virtualhost Function

Cpanel will always create apache configration and virtual host by its own template and every domian creation or susspenssion or termination or any thing else related to virtualhost configration of apache if being done will resultin cpanel to recreate apache virtualhost configration that will overwrite other custom modified settings.

Solution to have custom virtualhost configration

so that the cpanel will recreat virtualhost from its template how to have custom virtualhost of some domains configrations?

there is an answer to that question that is to have modified configration on elsewhere and then include it in to that virtual host but there maybe a question came to your mind that as the Cpanel will recreate the virtualhost from its template so that the include will also become overwritten.

Cpanel builtin scripts for including customized virtualhost configration

for this problem cpanle has created a ready made script that will verify your configration that should be inclueded that is

the step by step to how to do so is in the following

creating custom virtualhost configration step by step

1- create the commented include section directory such as this# Include “/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/woshka/woshka.com/*.conf”

to create run

2-go to that directory

3-creat a config file than should be end by .conf

4-put your custom config in that config file config.conf

5-run this

or with jsut that user

/scripts/ensure_vhost_includes username

you are now finished

for confirmation that everything is fine go to that virtualhost and verify that the included section is uncommented with that custom config name

hope you enjoyed this training

have fun

voshka

Cpanel has ready made scripts that will make your works so easier

such are pkgacct for backing up and restorepkg for restoring individual accounts through command in ssh

First you need to login to the ssh as root

Create Backup of Individual Account

Then use the following command to backup that spicific account:

Notice that the directory that you are in will be used to create backup of that account in there

Restore Backup of Individual Account

To restore

Please notice that in order to restore  you need to be on the directory where the backup is located

For security resons not to allow php shells to be able to run on your server you must disable the shell_exec function in the php.ini using disable_functions

but when you do so on the time you want to autoinstall a cms with fantastico within your cpanel as a customer, you will be promted with so manny php errors that are caused because of disabling shell_exec

so how to have both the shell_exec disabled on the server and also be able to run fantastico delux?
there is an answer to that question
you must have a php sepreated for cpanel and have a seprated php.ini for cpanel php functions and php for your websites
in that way you can have both the php.ini containing shell_exec as a disabled function and also not to have any problem with fantastico as it is running on the cpalne with seprated php and php.ini that has shell_exec not disabled(it is enabled)
so to have your cpanel its own php, there is a predefiend scripts comming with cpanel that you can run to make the php jsut for cpanel
first run the following to update cpanel to latest version, making sure you have the lastest apckages available

then run the following to make seprated cpanel php:

please be pationt that it will take some times to complete according your server configration and setup.

so you are almost finisshed
the last step is to find out that you do not have shell_exec disabled in your cpanel php.ini
so check the following php.ini files

you are done
good luck

about 13 month ago i was looking for a free Hosting manager to manage my accounts, and do the actions such as creating invoices, susspending, terminating accounts in automated mode.

I searched in google and I found “fhm-script.com” which was so cool but was in a bad shape and bad design but was so good for a small company

”

Description

Free Hosting Manager V2.0 features a new client CP and a forced ads module!
Updated: 13th February 2009

New Features for V2.0

• Client Control Panel
• Forced Ads Module (More info)
• Admin CP – Client Management
• Support Tickets
• Manual Install Feature
• Language Files
• Template Files
• Accounting file included

• Several Bugs Fixed from V2.0

”

there were also some other free and open-source hsoting manager as I remember such as coin

but lasly I had to buy a billing system rather than geting free open-source systems that may harm my server as they will grant access to the server to do the auotomation things.

so I encourage you to buy a license to use one of the paid version of billing systems.

voshka

if you have WHM/Cpanel already installd as a WebHost manager then you will gain this great feture of secureing temp by just running a simple command
just run the following command:

result:

type the folowing command into ssh

It is so much important to have backup at least of a month ago

As no server is 100% secure and even your server may became hacked someday or maybe your server would crashed or even the hard may burned up without any speaking reasons, Having a backup will gelp you in these such situations.

How to Backup Using ssh with WHM/Cpanel Installed

After telling the importance of backup, lets say how to accomplish this in WHM/CPanel

If you want to create backups of the whole accounts go too the backup>configure backups

then set the backup to enable and then set the Date you want to have backup for exmaple daily.

Click on the days that you want the backup to be executed.

after that go to ssh and then run this command

or if you are in a case that want to create backup of individual accounts there is no need for those steps I provided earlier

just go to ssh and run this command

and the USERNAME is should be vary depends on the account you want to create backup for .

for more info about creating backup for individual accounts click the link bellow:

http://woshka.com/blog/cpanel/backup-and-restore-cpanel-accounts-with-command-line-usnig-ssh.html