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PHP Selector / Re: Unable to compile ANY version with PHP Switcher and Selector / FPM selector
« Last post by overseer 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?
« Last post by Insan3Us on January 12, 2026, 10:11:35 AM »I solved the issue.
I had to remove the followings:
rpm -e --nodeps "mysql-common-8.0.44-1.el9_7.x86_64"
and
rpm -e --nodeps "mariadb-backup-10.5.29-3.el9_7.x86_64"
After that just normal installation.
Thank you guys as always ready to help!
I had to remove the followings:
rpm -e --nodeps "mysql-common-8.0.44-1.el9_7.x86_64"
and
rpm -e --nodeps "mariadb-backup-10.5.29-3.el9_7.x86_64"
After that just normal installation.
Thank you guys as always ready to help!
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Installation / Re: How I upgrade the MariaDB 10.5 to 10.6?
« Last post by Insan3Us on January 12, 2026, 06:38:11 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/
Thank you,
I have a little problem, when I try to choose a mariadb version doesn't show anything https://mariadb.org/download/?t-repo-config :
https://ibb.co/6JnqYwWr
As a step it shows that I need to choose first "Choose a distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (To Match your version of AlmaLinux)" but doesn't show where to choose that one... I have Almalinux 9..
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Installation / Re: How I upgrade the MariaDB 10.5 to 10.6?
« Last post by Starburst on January 12, 2026, 02:37:31 AM »From Insan3Us post they have already corrupted the CWP & the server by trying to remove MariaDB and re-install it like it's a bare EL9 server.
I hope that isn't the case, and they use the link above.
I hope that isn't the case, and they use the link above.
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Installation / Re: How I upgrade the MariaDB 10.5 to 10.6?
« Last post by overseer 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/
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??
« Last post by overseer 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
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
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Updates / Re: Is CWP dead? Looking for alternatives
« Last post by overseer 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...)
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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PHP Selector / Re: Unable to compile ANY version with PHP Switcher and Selector / FPM selector
« Last post by stephenhare on January 12, 2026, 01:05:13 AM »I can confirm that the reply by jdrews on August 07, 2025 works to install the latest PHP 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3 versions. I have servers on AlmaLinux 8 and RockLinux 8 and this works for both these operating systems.
There was a typo in the file name which I have corrected in the steps below:
- Start the build process via the UI
- in a terminal window to the server, cd to /usr/local/src
- copy the php-build.sh to some place else (don't delete, just cp)
- once the build process completes (and fails), on a terminal window
- cd /usr/local/src
- cp php-build.sh to the /usr/local/src directory (since the UI build process removes it)
- now do a "sh php-build.sh"
I personally used the File Manager to copy and later move the file and only used the terminal window to:
cd /usr/local/src
sh php-build.sh
There was a typo in the file name which I have corrected in the steps below:
- Start the build process via the UI
- in a terminal window to the server, cd to /usr/local/src
- copy the php-build.sh to some place else (don't delete, just cp)
- once the build process completes (and fails), on a terminal window
- cd /usr/local/src
- cp php-build.sh to the /usr/local/src directory (since the UI build process removes it)
- now do a "sh php-build.sh"
I personally used the File Manager to copy and later move the file and only used the terminal window to:
cd /usr/local/src
sh php-build.sh
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Installation / Re: How I upgrade the MariaDB 10.5 to 10.6?
« Last post by Starburst on January 12, 2026, 12:57:19 AM »That link you posted doesn't work with CWP and will just corrupt the server.
It's for installation on a base EL9 system without a control panel.
It's for installation on a base EL9 system without a control panel.
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Updates / Re: Is CWP dead? Looking for alternatives
« Last post by Starburst on January 12, 2026, 12:52:04 AM »Here we go Again...
CWP is NOT 'dead'.
Last updated came out on 2025-12-29
The last Apache update from them was 2.4.65, and you can manually update to 2.4.66 easily.
You can also upgrade manually to PHP 8.4 and 8.5 using the info at AlphaGNU.
But ionCube doesn't work with PHP 8.5 as of yet, it's still in beta.
https://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php
But by all means move to cPanel...
CWP is NOT 'dead'.
Last updated came out on 2025-12-29
The last Apache update from them was 2.4.65, and you can manually update to 2.4.66 easily.
You can also upgrade manually to PHP 8.4 and 8.5 using the info at AlphaGNU.
But ionCube doesn't work with PHP 8.5 as of yet, it's still in beta.
https://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php
But by all means move to cPanel...
