All posts by Suhesh K.S.

How to change default PHP version in plesk

Plesk,

How to change default PHP version in plesk

In this article, I am referring to change default php version in plesk. In latest plesk versions are come with all the php versions installed ( we have the option to install all the php versions ). So no need to install a separate php in the server for setting the default PHP to the latest version. Creating symlink and some additional commands to bring the default handler to the required version.

Here is the environment in which the command worked.

Plesk Version : 17.5.3 CentOS 7

List the php handlers

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/php_handlers_control --list

Verify the default php version.

php -v

Check the PHP version 5.6

/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php -v

Find the default php binary

which php

Backup the php, php-cgi and php-fpm binaries.

mv /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/php.backup
mv /usr/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi.backup
mv /sbin/php-fpm /sbin/php-fpm.backup

Create symlink from php 5.6 binaries

ln -s /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php /usr/bin/php
ln -s /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi
ln -s /opt/plesk/php/5.6/sbin/php-fpm /sbin/php-fpm

You can set symlink from any other php version installed in the server. Following are the php bnaries for other versions, find the same for php-cgi and php-fpm too.

/opt/plesk/php/5.3/bin/php 
/opt/plesk/php/5.4/bin/php 
/opt/plesk/php/5.5/bin/php
/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php
/opt/plesk/php/7.0/bin/php 
/opt/plesk/php/7.1/bin/php
/opt/plesk/php/7.2/bin/php

Once the symlink is created, the php version will show the new version we set. You can check it using the following command.

php -v

Next option is to update the plesk database with the changed versions. The reread option will update plesk database with the new versions.

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/php_handlers_control --reread

After that reconfigure all the domains or the domains using the default php versions. And proceed with a service restart.

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all
service httpd restart

Once this is completed, the sites will load with new php version.

Note: Make sure to do this by a qualified technician.

If you need us to do these changes for your server, please get it touch without support

18Jan/18

ntPHPSelector version 4.2.0 released

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New version of ntPHPselector with 7.2 support is released. It is added with email notification for any license check related errors. Server owner/administrator needs to update the contact email address via ntPHPselector WHM front end. Also added fix for the scanning of additional ini files for php 5.3

Features
[+] Fixed the additional scanning of ini files.
[+] Alert for license error
[+] Added 7.2 support

Current users will get instructions for updating the plugin from the plugin support department. New users can order the service from the following page.

https://www.nixtree.com/nt-php-selector.php

Secure server – Web Server Security 

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Secure server – Web Server Security 

Nowadays hacking is one of the main issue faced by the web hosting industry and due to this, the site’s reputation will go down. Also, it will affect the web server IP’s reputation too. So the server administrator will secure server to avoid losing the reputation.

After Effects of Hacks

Some hackers have hacked the site for fun and leave. But some others hacked the site and upload spamming scripts and send spam emails or upload vulnerable files and start making an attack to other sites. In effect, the provider who is affecting will raise a complaint against the web server, which is hacked and started the malicious activity. If we didn’t fix the vulnerability within the time, our provider will suspend or terminate the server based on their abuse policy. Also, it will bring down the reputation of the server IP, due to the spamming or other malicious activity and that will affect the other sites hosted in the same IP. Continue reading →

Stop using custom php.ini in ntPHPselector.

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I am writing this post to give an idea about how to use custom php.ini and stop using custom php.ini in ntPHPselector. Since we got some request form some of the customers about the same, so I am adding this as blog for others to check.

How to use custom php.ini

There are several instances that may require you to modify a setting in the php.ini file for your website, such as increasing the PHP upload limit. The customer need to copy the default php.ini ( collect it from the php info page ) and alter the values based on the site requirements.

Some of the disadvantages of using custom php.ini

You lose the ability to select the php version via the control panel, if the version is not specific to the respective php version, it may cause errors.

Any changes we made on the global php.ini will not be reflected on your site

Changes you made to php.ini will not be applied instantly

Some of the web hosts will not allow to use custom php.ini. Since allowing this feature will cause resource usage abuse, which include performance issue with the server too. So they forced to disable this feature.

In ntPHPselector, you can disable the custom php.ini by un commenting the following entries under the section “phprc_paths”. By default, there is no commented entry for 5.3 in the suphp.conf. You need add the following entry manually, since it is compiled by you using ntPHPSelector interface.

[phprc_paths]
application/x-httpd-ea-php54=/opt/cpanel/ea-php54/root/etc
application/x-httpd-ea-php55=/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/etc
application/x-httpd-ea-php56=/opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/etc
application/x-httpd-ea-php70=/opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/etc
application/x-httpd-ea-php71=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/etc

; entry related with PHP 5.3
application/x-httpd-php53=/opt/cpanel/nt-php53/root/etc

Restart the httpd service and check whether it is loading or not.

If you need further customization to the plugin, you can contact our support and we will help you. Also you can inform us the feature requests or bug reports

20Jun/17

Recompile PHP 5.3 in ntPHPselector version 4

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ntPHPselector plugin allows user to select preferred PHP version per directory on the same domain. Our new ntPHPselector version 4  released for the cPanel servers with EasyApache 4 version, which support php versions 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1. By default 5.3 is disabled. You need to recompile it after enabling it from “Settings” tab after the installation.

ntPHPselector manually recompile the php version 5.3, since it is removed from EasyApache 4. You need to recompile the php version 5.3 using from your end using the interface available inntPHPselector WHM module.  Continue reading →

06Apr/17

ntPHPSelector version 4.1.0 released

ntPHPselector, ,

New version of ntPHPselector with 5.3 support is released. It is added with a WHM module for recompilation of 5.3 and listing the instances of custom php used.

Features
[+] Added 5.3 Support.
[+] WHM Interface available for listing the instances of custom PHP used.
[+] 5.3 Recompilation option available via WHM interface.
[+] Recompilation logs can be view from the WHM interface
[+] Compatible with Centos 6 and Centos 7.

The php version 5.3 successfully recompiled with Centos 6 and Centos 7 operating systems.  Missing of some devel packages or any other custom environments in the server may cause the failure of php recompile.  And we suggest to do the troubleshoot in recompilation with the help of an experienced hand.  For recompilation and installation support, please open a ticket with our support.

Current users can upgrade to the new version, by contacting the support.

Migrate EasyApache 3 to EasyApache 4 and ntPHPselector Installation

ntPHPselector

Here I am  discussing the migration of Easyapache 3 to Easyapache 4 and the ntPHPselector installation ( version 4 )and the things taken care while installing the plugin. The Migration section of WHM’s EasyApache 4 interface (Home >> Software >> EasyApache 4) displays your system’s version of EasyApache and allows you to migrate to and from EasyApache 3 (EA3) and EasyApache 4 (EA4). Continue reading →

19Jan/17

ntPHPSelector version 4.0.0 released

ntPHPselector,

New version of ntPHPselector released and it support easyapache version 4 and unfortunately it is not work with older easyapache version 3.

Features
[+] Support Easyapache 4
[+] Support all PHP versions, available in cPanel Multi-PHP
[-] Do not work with Easyapache 3

If your server is still using Easyapache 3. You can still use the  old ntPHPselector  plugin and it is still available.