Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from RapidSSL.com

Refer http://www.rapidssl.com/ssl-certificate-support/generate-csr/apache_mod_ssl.htm

[cPanel smartcheck] Possible Hard Drive Failure Soon

Please refer below urls:

https://jonesolutions.com/support/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&root=23&id=164
http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/possible-hard-drive-failure-soon-113997.html

Configuring CSF on VPS

CSF requires atleast these iptables modules:

ip_tables
ipt_state
ipt_multiport
iptable_filter
ipt_limit
ipt_LOG
ipt_REJECT
ipt_conntrack
ip_conntrack
ip_conntrack_ftp
iptable_mangle

If any one of these missing, CSF will not function with all its features enabled, even though it shows as running. So please follow this URL if you face any issue related to CSF in VPS nodes.

http://www.sherin.co.in/csf-lfd-firewall-configuration-in-vps-virtuozzo-openvz/

Some useful Links and Commands

Some useful links

* Migrate cpanel - cpanel check list :: http://forums.cpanel.net/482369-post1.html
* Easy apache errors and its solutions :: http://twiki.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/EaError

Some useful Commands

* to scan public_html using clamscan
# for i in /home/*/www ; do clamscan -ri -l /some/log "$i" ; done

* to clear the arp cahce issue the command
# arping -I eth1 IP_address

* To find out the logs in a specific time
# sed -n '/Jul 14 13:/,/Jul 14 15:/p' /var/log/messages (Time between 1 PM - 3 PM)

* If we wish to enable an ip to access webmin then we need to edit the following file
# /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and add your IP's !!

Hspehere: unable to add a new email account

f you are unable to add a new email account from hsphere. Try the following command in oceant04 and then add it from the control panel

#cd /hsphere/shared/scripts/
[root@cp scripts]# ./mbox-del email@yourdomain.com

Console from Linux

We usually come across the error "terminal server has exceeded max number of allowed connections". We try using the /console switch along with mstsc to get rid of this error. But in some cases, this might not work. Try the following from a linux machine and you should be able to connect without any issue.


rdesktop -0 1.2.3.4

Block IP on a windows server

Here is a simple tool which you can use to block ips or ip ranges to a windows IIS. You can also block ips from certain predefined countries like Chine or Korea. Simply download, extract and run the exe. Choose the website and the ip or the range to be blocked.

http://www.hdgreetings.com/other/Block-IP-IIS/