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Mod_Security / Re: MOD SECURITY issue on new CWP PRO INSTALLATION

« on: January 30, 2026, 10:42:04 PM »

You mean this?
https://atomicorp.com/atomic-waf-web-application-firewall/

It looks to be paid for their ModSecurity ruleset -- $22.50/month
https://www.atomicorp.com/amember/cart/index/product/id/123/c/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring-email

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Mod_Security / Re: atomic crop. free waf rules set

« on: January 30, 2026, 10:39:41 PM »

https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/modsecurity-running-with-control-web-panel/update-modsecurity-to-2-9-12-running-cwp-and-apache-on-almalinux-9/
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/modsecurity-running-with-control-web-panel/update-owasp-crs-ruleset-to-4-22-0-running-cwp-and-apache-on-almalinux-9/

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PHP Selector / Re: Temporary downgrade of CWP pro to free version (emergency!)

« on: January 30, 2026, 12:50:11 AM »

I wouldn't trust AI to be your guiding light. For example, just at a quick glance, it is giving you the wrong ownership for the PHP socket. It should be:

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chown root:nobody /opt/alt/php-fpm74/usr/var/sockets/<username>.sockAnd seemingly, it isn't telling you to initially create the <username>.conf file for each user account with the correct user & group within, as well as the correct paths? Even with CWP Pro, you have to manually create the php-fpm user conf files for each PHP version.

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[username]
listen = /opt/alt/php-fpm74/usr/var/sockets/username.sock
listen.allowed_clients = 127.0.0.1

;listen.owner = "username"
listen.group = "nobody"
listen.mode = 0660
user = "username"
group = "username"

;request_slowlog_timeout = 15s
;slowlog = /opt/alt/php-fpm74/usr/var/log/php-fpm-slowlog-username.log

pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 4
pm.max_requests = 4000
pm.process_idle_timeout = 15s

;listen.backlog = -1
;request_terminate_timeout = 0s
rlimit_files = 131072
rlimit_core = unlimited
catch_workers_output = yes

env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME
env[TMP] = /home/username/tmp
env[TMPDIR] = /home/username/tmp
env[TEMP] = /home/username/tmp
env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/binAny reason you're looking at php 7.4? Unless you have older WordPress themes/extensions that require it for full compatibility, it is EOL and probably contains security vulnerabilities. Look to 8.1 if you are using WP, or 8.3 if you need a fully supported PHP version.

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PHP Selector / Re: Temporary downgrade of CWP pro to free version (emergency!)

« on: January 29, 2026, 03:25:01 PM »

Not saying it can't be done, just that I personally haven't done it. So it would need to be worked through. I know some forum members get by on the free version of CWP, so maybe they could chime in here.

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PHP Selector / Re: Temporary downgrade of CWP pro to free version (emergency!)

« on: January 28, 2026, 01:15:57 PM »

Unfortunately I only ever used the free version 5 years ago to demo CWP and quickly paid for Pro once I verified it could act as a drop-in replacement for cPanel and in fact do a full account migration. I haven't looked back and rely on many of the Pro-level features (PHP-FPM, nginx...) This would take some time and care to get you stable under the free version. Have you considered doing a clean server install and running Webmin and/or Cockpit as your web GUI? That's workable if you have experience managing a server.

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PHP Selector / Re: Temporary downgrade of CWP pro to free version (emergency!)

« on: January 28, 2026, 12:51:47 AM »

Sounds like a can of worms. Probably some workarounds you could do (tunneling, WireGuard VPNs) etc. -- but ultimately I wonder if it's worth the effort. Is there any reason you can't get a VPS in another country? Then only your management ability would be interrupted with situations like this -- your server would remain online & resilient.

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Nginx / Re: Apache does not start after "dnf install httpd httpd-devel -y"

« on: January 27, 2026, 12:34:55 AM »

I'm curious if you tried to update Apache via Starburst's guide -- curious to know if it would have rectified things in your situation.

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Nginx / Re: Apache does not start after "dnf install httpd httpd-devel -y"

« on: January 26, 2026, 06:28:43 PM »

You may need to reinstall CWP or hire a sysadmin to save your server.
Note: httpd httpd-devel packages are incompatible with CWP and will overwrite CWP's installed version of Apache, so you should avoid them in the future.

You could see if updating your apache version gets you more on the right track:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/update-apache-to-2-4-66-in-cwp-on-almalinux-8-9/

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DNS / Re: Reverse DNS pointer record

« on: January 22, 2026, 09:00:15 PM »

If you want to PM me your actual domain, I could do some outside testing with dig. Otherwise, there are various online DNS testing tools if you want to DIY.

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CentOS 9 Problems / Re: Almalinux fresh install - php-fpm using service instead of systemctl

« on: January 22, 2026, 06:26:18 PM »

This qualifies as a bug with EL9 support. CWP's EL9 support is only in beta, not complete so expect some things to be broken (also CWP Migration is the other notable casualty). AlmaLinux 8 currently provides the best support and full compatibility. The php-fpm management page is fully working on my EL8 (AlmaLinux systems.

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Other / Re: CWP Forums constantly down

« on: January 22, 2026, 06:23:15 PM »

Seemingly, they have disabled access to profiles which reduces the "community" feel as you can't look up other members. More concerning is the SSL content warning when you try to post a message -- you have to click through the SSL warning in order to post.

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PHP Selector / Re: Support for PHP 8.4

« on: January 18, 2026, 02:46:40 PM »

https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-fpm-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/615-install-latest-version-of-php-84-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/616-install-latest-version-of-php-85-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/

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PHP Selector / Re: Unable to compile ANY version with PHP Switcher and Selector / FPM selector

« on: January 12, 2026, 11:58:44 AM »

And I can confirm the workaround works with legacy PHP versions (7.4.33) on AlmaLinux 8.

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Installation / Re: How I upgrade the MariaDB 10.5 to 10.6?

« on: January 12, 2026, 02:25:51 AM »

This is the link you want to share (how to upgrade to MariaDB 10.11 LTS):
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/23-upgrade-mariadb-1011-in-cwp-centos-7-centos-8-stream-almalinux-78-rockylinux-78/
or
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/upgrade-mariadb-10-x-to-10-11-with-cwp-on-almalinux-9/

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CSF Firewall / Re: Should we update CSF to V15??

« on: January 12, 2026, 02:21:50 AM »

Probably your best choice would be to update to Aetherinox's CSF fork, which is now at 15.08. It seems to be actively maintained and supports CWP directly:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-08/

Alternately, the other promising fork for CSF is the Sentinel firewall supported by cPanel and available on GitHub:
https://github.com/sentinelfirewall/sentinel