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Installing CSF firewall on cPanel

Posted by admin under Tutorials, cPanel, cPanel VPS

First you would need to login as root via ssh, then as root issue the following commands;

wget http://www.configserver.com/free/csf.tgz

tar zxfv csf.tgz

cd csf

./install.cpanel.sh

At this point the CSF installation is complete and the configuration file should suit your needs, to edit the CSF configuration issue this command

nano /etc/csf/csf.conf

Set the TESTING variable to 1 instead of and make sure that the MONOLITHIC_KERNEL variable is set to 1 this is important for OpenVZ VPS servers

You may open/filter incoming and outgoing ports by editing the TCP_IN and TCP_OUT variables.

Save your configuration by pressing CTRL + x, when asked press “y” then press the enter key

Now start CSF by issuing;

/etc/init.d/csf start

cPanel VPS basic configuration

Posted by admin under Tutorials, VPS, cPanel, cPanel VPS

After you have build your VPS server with the cPanel OS template and confirmed with our sales department that your cPanel VPS license is active, point your browser at http://Your_Dedicated_VPS_IP:2086/ and login with username root and the password you received in the account information email.

After you have logged in, you will be prompted to do a basic cPanel setup.

Under “Main Shared Virtual Host IP” make sure to insert your dedicated IP address, since our cPanel OS template inherits the IP address of the VPS server we created the template on.

The AIM password, username and server options aren’t required, but useful nonetheless. If filled the server will send you alerts about your server status via AIM.

However the “Server Contact E-Mail Address” option is required and it is advisable to insert a valid email address that you check often so you can get timely alerts about the status of your server.

You may leave all the other options unset/default until you reach the option “Hostname” It is important to use a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) and to resolve properly to your VPS IP address.

You may leave all the other options unset/default until you reach the option “Primary Nameserver“. Before you set any values here login to your domain’s registar such as godaddy and follow these instructions;

Login into your domain’s register panel and look for links labeled “Custom nameservers/Register nameservers/Host summery” etc. Under godaddy’s panel click My domains, then click on the domain name, scroll to the bottom of the page and you should see a link labeled “Host Summary (add)” in the left corner.

Click the add link, then on the top of the page you should see something like this

Under Host Name: enter ns1 and under Host IP 1: enter your dedicated VPS IP, then click the OK button. Repeat the same steps again, but this time under Host Name: enter ns2.

Then enter the appropriate values next to “Primary Nameserver” and “Secondary Nameserver”

You may leave the rest of the option blank/default, then click save.

OpenVZ VPS

Posted by admin under VPS

OpenVZ is a community project supported by Parallels inc. OpenVZ is a virtualization technology based on the Linux kernel.

OpenVZ is a mature product that has been around for years, offering reliability, stability and performance.

Compared to other virtualization technologies like VMware and XEN, OpenVZ outperforms them both simply because OpenVZ doesn’t use paravirtualization which means all virtual machines share the same kernel as the hardware node providing significant performance.

OpenVZ has been tested and developed for years which ensures best possible experience for all of our customers.