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How to install CentOS Web Panel on Dedicated & VPS Server.

May 1, 2015 Ashish Kale Apache, Centos, CWP (Centos Web Panel)

CentOS Web Panel – Free Web Hosting control panel is designed for quick and easy management of (Dedicated & VPS) servers without of need to use ssh console for every little thing. There is lot’s of options and features for server management in this control panel.

CWP is really considered feature-rich. Some of notable features including:

– Apache Web Server (Mod Security + OWASP rules optional)
– PHP 5.4 (suPHP, SuExec + PHP version switcher)
– MySQL + phpMyAdmin
– Postfix + Dovecot + roundcube webmail (Antivirus, Spamassassin optional)
– CSF Firewall
– File System Lock (no more website hacking, all your files are locked from changes)
– Backups (optional)
– AutoFixer for server configuration
– Varnish Cache server (improve your server performances by 3x)
– Compiles Apache from source (improves up to 15% on performances)
– Apache reCompiler + Additional modules install with one click
– Apache server status, configuration
– Edit apache vhosts, vhosts templates, include configuration
– Rebuild all apache Virtual hosts with one click
– suPHP & suExec (improved security)
– Mod Security + OWASP rules (one click install, easy management)
– Tomcat 8 server management & install in one click
– DoS protection from the Slow-Loris attacks
– Compiles PHP from source (improves up to 20% on performances)
– PHP switcher (switch between PHP versions like: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5)
– Simple php editor
– PHP addons with one click
– PHP.ini editor & PHP info & List modules
– php.ini per user account (you can add changes in /home/USER/php.ini)
– postfix & dovecot
– MailBoxes, Alias
– Roundcube webmail
– Postfix Mail queue
– rDNS Checker Module (check you rDNS records)
– AntiSPAM (Spamhaus cronjob)
– Re-Build Postfix/Dovecot Mail server with (AntiVirus, AntiSpam Protection)
– Email Auto Responder
– MySQL Database Managment
– Add local or remote access user
– Live Monitor MySQL process list

Requirements

A server / VPS running CentOS 6 (at the time of writing it still does not support CentOS 7). Clean minimal install is recommended. Need recommendation? try Hostripples or Hostdens.

Basic knowledge about most common Unix command to manage a Linux VPS.

Any favorite SSH client like Putty or simply Terminal if you’re using Linux or Mac.

Make sure your VPS is running CentOS 6 with no LAMP component installed (Apache, MySQL, PHP)

How to Install CWP

Follow steps below to setup CentOS Web Panel on your VPS:

Step 1 – Login to your server as root

Step 2 – Go to /usr/local/src directory and download CWP installer package

cd /usr/local/src

wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-latest

Step 3 – Start Installation using below command in screen :

screen-i

sh cwp-latest

If screen is not install then you can install it using

yum install screen

Just wait for some time till get get install .

The CWP will take some times for installation as several software will be compiled from source for improved performance, security and flexibility.Once its completed you can see below screen :

Make sure you copy all the details mention on the scree.

Step 4 – Now hit Enter and your server should reboot automatically. Next time you login to your server via SSH, you will now see CWP welcome message.

Step 5 – Open up your web browser (Firefox, Chrome,Safari,Opera etc) and open your newly installed CWP admin GUI at one of these URLs:

http://your-ip-address:2030 or https://your-ip-address:2031

CWP uses the same login details you used to SSH your server .

CentOS Web Panel GUI: Dashboard.

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How to check installed perl modules on a cPanel server ?

May 1, 2015 Ashish Kale cPanel/WHM

Run below command

instmodsh

root@ashishkale [~]# instmodsh
Available commands are:
   l            - List all installed modules
   m <module>   - Select a module
   q            - Quit the program
cmd? l
Installed modules are:
   CPAN
   Compress::Raw::Bzip2
   Compress::Raw::Zlib
   Crypt::PasswdMD5
   DBI
   Digest::SHA1
   Encode::Locale
   Expect
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker
   File::Listing
   Filesys::Df
   GnuPG
   HTTP::Cookies
   HTTP::Daemon
   HTTP::Date
   HTTP::Message
   HTTP::Negotiate
   IO::Compress
   IO::HTML
   IO::Tty
   LWP
   LWP::MediaTypes
   Module::Build
   Module::Metadata
   Net::HTTP
   Perl
   Perl::OSType
   Regexp::Assemble
   Test::Deep
   Test::NoWarnings
   Test::Tester
   URI
   WWW::RobotRules
   local::lib
   version
cmd?

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remote_smtp defer (99): Cannot assign requested address

May 1, 2015 Ashish Kale cPanel/WHM

Error Code :

1YjCse-0006Hn-2M == email@domainname.com R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (99): Cannot assign requested address

Resolution:

Make sure that your exim server is configured with correct mail IP address you can verify it with file located at /etc/mailips also make sure the permissions are correct

-rw-r—– 1 root mail 3652 Apr 18 06:51 /etc/mailips

£300 Apple Watch might not Work If You've Got Wrist Tattoos

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale Uncategorized

Credit: mirror.co.uk

If you love wearing tattoos and have one on your wrist, then the Apple Watch won’t work for you.

Yes, you heard that right. Apple watch is unable to figure out your blood pressure or even sense your skin contact if you wear the watch on a tattooed wrist.

Generally, the Apple Watch automatically detects your wrist by your measuring your heart’s pulse rate. So, you

Source: Hacker News

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Mysql error : Can’t create new tempfile: ‘*.TMD file

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale Mysql

If you are getting error like Can’t create new tempfile: ‘tablesname.TMD file error while repairing corrupted database tables please try use following command to fix it.
Solution :
You need to just run below command on the shell.

# myisamchk -r -f tables.MYI

Thats all.

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Exim : retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale cPanel/WHM

Exim : retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period.

The issue is because of the corrupted exim db files.

Go to /var/spool/exim/db and delete files: retry , retry.lockfile , wait-remote_smtp, wait-remote_smtp.lockfile

#cd /var/spool/exim/

#rm retry retry.lockfile wait-remote_smtp wait-remote_smtp.lockfile

After that restart the exim service.

#/etc/init.d/exim restart

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How to install Gibbon on a CentOS VPS ?

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale Apache

Gibbon is an open source, free and highly flexible education management system. It helps teachers and students to address and solve daily problems. This tool alone caters the needs for all four pillars of educational system (administration, teachers, parents, and students). It provides refreshing and intuitive web interface to teachers, and students where they can engage in their activities and tasks, Parents use this tool to track the progress, upcoming deadlines and activities of their children. The administration department of the educational institutes can use this tool to complete their administrative responsibilities.Gibbon is a flexible application with many features, such as planner, external assessment, online application forms, messenger etc.

Gibbon Installation requires following thing install on your VPS server :

Apache 2
PHP 5 (with PDO, gettext, CURL. Turn dispaly_errors off!)
MySQL 5 (collation set to utf8_general_ci)

Download the latest stable version of Gibbon at https://gibbonedu.org/download to the ‘/opt’ directory on the server. Then, extract it and move the Gibbon core files and directories to the ‘/var/www/html/gibbon’ directory on your server. If you would like to run the very latest version of Gibbon, you can get it from the GitHub repo at https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core

cd /opt/
wget https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core/archive/v9.1.00.zip
unzip v9.1.00.zip
mv core-9.1.00 /var/www/html/gibbon

You will need to change the ownership of the ‘/var/www/html/gibbon’ directory to Apache.

chown apache:apache -R /var/www/html/gibbon

Create a new MySQL database for Gibbon on your server:

mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE gibbondb;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gibbondb.* TO 'gibbon'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit

Find php configuration file (php.ini) using below command :

#php -i | grep php.ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc
Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php.ini

Now edit the php.ini file using any editor and add the following lines in it:

file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
register_globals = off
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
set max_input_vars = 5000
dispaly_errors = Off
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

Now create an new virtual host directive in Apache :

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add following lines :

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin admin@ashishkale.in
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/gibbon/
   ServerName ashishkale.in
   ServerAlias www.ashishkale.in
   <Directory /var/www/html/gibbon/>
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
   </Directory>
   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/ashishkale.in-error_log
   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/ashishkale.in-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Do not forget to change ‘ashishkale.in’ with your domain name .

Restart the Apache web server

service apache2 restart

Open http://your-domain.com in your favorite web browser and follow the easy instructions: enter the system language, database information, create a new administrator account, enter server settings, organisation settings and click ‘submit’ once you have filled out all of the fields.
That is it. The Gibbon installation is now complete.

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Password Alert Chrome Extension to Protect your Google Account from Phishers

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale Uncategorized

As cybercriminals have started using sophisticated phishing techniques in an attempt to hijack online users’ account, Google on Wednesday launched a new Chrome Extension to fight against Phishing.

The search engine giant has launched a new Password Alert Chrome extension that will alert you whenever you accidentally enter your Google password on a carefully crafted phishing website that

Source: Hacker News

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Microsoft Edge: The Windows 10 Web Browser

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale Uncategorized

Meet Microsoft’s replacement to its old web browser Internet Explorer. The Project Spartan Web browser for Windows 10 has now an official name — Microsoft Edge.

Yes, Microsoft’s new web browser shipping on all Windows 10 devices, from computers to smartphones and tablets, is dubbed Microsoft Edge.

The company just announced in its Build developer conference that Edge is going to be its

Source: Hacker News

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8 Best Android Apps To Improve Privacy and Security in 2015

April 30, 2015 Ashish Kale Uncategorized

Just to have a good anti-virus protection app in your smartphone doesn’t mean a complete Security.

As Mobile Device Security is comprised of security of different features, such as:

Data privacy and security features
Permission restrictions for snoopy apps
A blacklist for undesired calls
An excellent backup capability, in case your smartphone gets deteriorated.
As well as encryption

Source: Hacker News

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