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

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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.

14Jan/17

Generate CSR and Private Key in Plesk

Plesk

Certificate Signing Request ( CSR ) is a message sent from an applicant to a Certificate Authority in order to apply for a digital identity certificate.

Before creating a CSR, the applicant first generates a key pair, keeping the private key secret. The CSR contains information identifying the applicant (such as a distinguished name in the case of an X.509 certificate) which must be signed using the applicant’s private key. The CSR also contains the public key chosen by the applicant. The CSR may be accompanied by other credentials or proofs of identity required by the certificate authority, and the certificate authority may contact the applicant for further information. Continue reading →

14Jan/17

Repair crashed MySQL databases on LINUX servers

Mysql

How to repair MySQL databases and tables

This article explian about how to repair MySQL database and table. As the mysql is updated time by time. Mysql deals with some tools that we can use it for repairing the databases and tables.

It is common that our database get corrupted due to many reason like it does not get restored properly or server get rebooted while updating database etc. We can repair the table or the corresponding databases through various steps by mysqlcheck command.

First of all before doing mysqlcheck we need to take the current mysql backup so that if any issues occurs we can able to revert it to the stable condition. The specific thing we should consider is that the mysqlcheck commands works on the database engine InnoDB.

Change the directory to mysql as follows,

cd /var/lib/mysql

InnoDB Engines

To use the mysqlcheck for InnoDB engines we have to follow the below steps

For checking all the database,

 mysqlcheck -c -u root -p --all-databases

To check a specific DATABASE

 mysqlcheck -c "DATABASE name" -u root -p

Checks all the tables under the mentioned database name

#mysqlcheck -c "DATABASE name" "TABLE name" -u root -p

Checks the mentioned tables under the DATABASE name

However if a mysql table passes the check it will display the “OK” for the table.

If the database table has displayed any error means we can repair the table by the following command,

 mysqlcheck -r "DATABASE name" "Table name" -u root -p

-Repair and optimization of tables for all databases

There’s a simple command to automatically check, repair and optimize all tables in all databases when running a MySQL server on Linux/Unix/BSD.

 mysqlcheck -u root -p --auto-repair --check --optimize --all-databases

MyISAM Engines

To use the mysqlcheck for MyISAM engines we have to follow the below steps

If we are using MyISAM storage engine for mysql,we can use the myisamchk commands to repair the table.

The myisamchk command only works under the database or the tables using MyISAM engines.It will not be working under Innodb engine.

The mysqlcheck program enables us to check and repair databases while MySQL is running this is useful when we want to work on MySQL without stopping.

Steps for checking all the Mysql tables

myisamchk table name.

To check all the tables under the database,

myisamchk * .MYI

How to repair a table from myisamchk command,

myisamchk --recover "table name"

After the repair please check for the mysql repair and confirm regarding the fix

The above mentioned commands will help you to troubleshoot the mysql database and table repair

31Dec/16

Configure SSH Key based authentication from Linux and Windows system

Linux

Secure Shell (SSH)

Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. When working with a Linux server, chances are, you will spend most of your time in a terminal session connected to your server through SSH. There are different ways to login into the server using ssh and here I am discussing about the ssh key based authentication. Continue reading →

05Dec/16

Install and Configure Mod-Pagespeed on Linux servers

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Mod-Pagespeed is an Apache/Nginx (web-server) module to speed up your website by applying certain filters that automatically optimize files to reducing number of times the browser has to make to grab web files, to reduce the size of those files and to optimize the length those files are cached. This article we will show you how to install and configure Google‘s mod-pagespeed module for Apache and Nginx web servers in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu systems. Continue reading →