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Updates / Re: Is CWP dead? Looking for alternatives

« on: January 12, 2026, 02:13:51 AM »

It's up to you to do a cost/benefit analysis and make decisions as to what matters the most to you. I for one do not prefer server software that "moves fast and breaks things" -- hence the choice of an enterprise Linux distribution with at least a 5 year supported lifecycle. I prefer to stay well behind the bleeding edge and will stick with CWP as long as it remains a viable tool.

And anyway -- the control panel is for my clients, not for me. I can admin a server just fine in the CLI with Webmin or Cockpit waiting in the wings for fallback. So if they're not complaining, neither am I. And the checks keep rolling in (or PayPal payments, as is the case...)

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« on: January 06, 2026, 02:52:06 PM »

Yes, you should be able to go from the closed source (14.24) to the open source version (15+).

Starburst, have you at all dabbled with the other major CSF fork, Sentinel Firewall?
https://github.com/sentinelfirewall/sentinel

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Migration from other control panels / Re: Problem when unzipping the file

« on: December 31, 2025, 01:14:26 PM »

Seems as though the solution is in the other thread you posted to. Too bad this bug from 2018 is still lurking around!

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CentOS 9 Problems / Re: Can't Get CentOS 9 to Serve Any Content Except Test Page

« on: December 30, 2025, 10:23:32 PM »

And to be sure, your DocumentRoot is correctly set? And your DirectoryIndex is set to look for index.php? Personally, I remove index.htm and make sure index.php is the first hit, then index.html is the secondary possibility.

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PHP Selector / Re: Cant install any alt php version

« on: December 29, 2025, 01:44:32 PM »

I have heard of and seen those 8.x versions fail to build lately (from PHP Selector -- oddly, all versions work fine compiling for php-fpm). The workaround is to capture the build script that is downloaded to /usr/local/src and then run it manually after the auto build fails. For some reason, running it manually in the CLI seems to let it succeed vs. running it in the web GUI.

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E-Mail / Re: RoundCube 1.5.12 Released

« on: December 29, 2025, 12:04:53 AM »

Likewise I'm running AL 8.10 with PHP 8.1.33 as the main command line PHP and also the primary php-fpm version for maximum WordPress compatibility. I have updated all my servers with Starburst's instructions and the only odd thing I had to do was restart cwpsrv afterward as some clients were having troubles accessing the webmail until that service was restarted.

Note that Roundcube runs under CWP's nginx and internal PHP version (actually 7.2) -- labeled as 7.1.
Can you give a list of your repos?

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PHP / Re: any problems with PHP 8.3 and later?

« on: December 28, 2025, 05:41:21 PM »

WP should use MariaDB by default; MongoDB shouldn't be needed except for specialized applications/purposes.

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Backup / Re: BACKUP GOOGLE DRIVE

« on: December 24, 2025, 02:26:21 PM »

Thanks, I will try it out!

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CentOS 9 Problems / Re: CWP7 Pro DNS Editor Bug: DMARC TXT Record Truncated at Semicolon

« on: December 21, 2025, 03:41:22 PM »

I am a bit wary of the config editors after having a few bugs crop up like this. So I tend to edit DNS zones (rarely) in the CLI with nano.
Also note that Starburst found a bug in the Code Editor, so you may want to check out this one based on Ace Editor:
https://forum.centos-webpanel.com/i-can-build-it/cwp-custom-codeeditor-based-on-ace-editor/

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« on: December 17, 2025, 01:45:40 PM »

Interesting, on a clean installation it shows 15.08 as the current up-to-date version. That's using the "Stable" channel, not the "Insiders Channel." Also, it shows:

Code: [Select]

License: InvalidWhere your csf -v example shows

Code: [Select]

License: None

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« on: December 17, 2025, 02:19:11 AM »

Thanks for the tip. That did look like the fork to watch early on. If it's active and alive, that's great.

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PHP / Re: any problems with PHP 8.3 and later?

« on: December 16, 2025, 03:02:14 AM »

That was just general advice -- you know your system and your workflow. Do you want to update the extension via PECL? You need to make sure you have an appropriate version of PHP as your CLI version (8.1 or higher). Forget about Composer if you don't use it to manage your projects. I can't really help from afar with some screenshots of error messages... You really may want to consider a sysadmin helping you tune up your system and getting your environment stable with modern PHP versions and MongoDB for your application...

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PHP / Re: any problems with PHP 8.3 and later?

« on: December 14, 2025, 05:52:08 PM »

Update the MongoDB PHP Driver
Often, this warning appears because of older versions of the mongodb extension or library. Ensure you are using the latest version of both:
Extension: Update via PECL:

Code: [Select]

pecl upgrade mongodbLibrary: Update via Composer:

Code: [Select]

composer update mongodb/mongodb

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How to / Re: Clear alerts & notifications from CLI?

« on: December 11, 2025, 04:30:35 AM »

Bravo! But if I'm not missing something, wouldn't it be easiest to empty the notifications like so:

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echo '[]' > /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/libs/notifications/notifications.json

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Apache / Re: Apache 2.4.66 released on 2025-12-04

« on: December 08, 2025, 02:09:34 PM »

Great, thanks!

And on the other side of the tracks, if you need Nginx 1.28 with brotli compression, this guide is a good one:
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/10-enable-brotli-compression-on-nginx-cwp-and-on-linux-os-for-official-nginx/#comment-12