Google Them Google Tips and Tricks

I run suExec so each account will run as the owner of the account.

Fastcgi mods added to the Apache post_virtualhost_global.conf (WHM>Service Configuration>Apache Configuration>Post VirtualHost Include>All Versions)

<IfModule fcgid_module>
FcgidMaxRequestLen 52428800
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
FcgidMaxProcesses 150
FcgidMaxProcessesPerClass 100
FcgidIOTimeout 300
FcgidMinProcessesPerClass 1
FcgidIdleTimeout 300
FcgidIdleScanInterval 120
FcgidBusyTimeout 300
FcgidBusyScanInterval 120
FcgidErrorScanInterval 10
FcgidZombieScanInterval 3
FcgidProcessLifeTime 3600
</IfModule>

CSF is the first culprit if you are locked out of your own server firewall after too many failed login attempts from a certain IP.

The block was in your firewall, not cpHulk.
The IP was listed in /etc/csf/csf.deny and /var/lib/csf/csf.tempip and /var/lib/csf/csf.tempban
You can whitelist the IP in your firewall by placing the IP in /etc/csf/csf.conf, then running csf -r

Next you can place your external IP in the whitelist of cPHulk:

WHM > Security Center > cPHulk brute force protection > White/Black list > Quick Add your current external IP to: White List (Trusted IP List)

To find your external IP:

http://cmyip.com

For Apache server running CentOs:

yum update ioncube
ioncube -v
php -v
/scripts/phpextensionmgr install IonCubeLoader
php -v

This is likely that you need to restart the SSH service. SFTP uses SSH not FTP.

“I just had to restart the SSH service from WHM

Sometimes, SSH will crash

If it does, just login to WHM and restart SSH”

In default cPanel/WHM installation GD support in PHP is disabled. You can enable using the following simple steps:
1. Login to WHM as root;
2. Go to WHM >> Main >> Software >> Apache Update
3. Click on the “Load Previous Config” button (if exists);
4. Select “GD” option and any other PHP option you may need;
5. Uncheck the “Skip Apache Build if up to date” option;
6. Click “Start build” button at the bottom of the screen and wait 15-30 minutes.

This usually means that the server doesn’t have the php-mbsting enabled.

When rebuilding Apache with Easy Apache, on step 6 (exhaustive options), scroll down and check php-mbstring.

Then let it compile as usual.

Mine had an alert near the end of the make process “No package php-mbstring available.
Error: Nothing to do”

However it fixed the problem!

Another way to enable php-mbsting is manually run in SSH shell as root:
“yum -y install php-mbstring”, then “service httpd restart”
Mine couldn’t find php-mbstring, but that’s probably just a matter of adding the right repository to yum.
More info on this here: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=873543

In my phpinfo screen, my server now says this:

mbstring

mbstring extension makes use of “streamable kanji code filter and converter”, which is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1.