GoAccess cPanel: AWStats and Webalizer Replacement Before 140
cPanel is retiring AWStats, Webalizer and Analog once GoAccess ships in version 140. This guide explains what changes, how to install and test GoAccess now on 136 and 138, and how to prepare customers who depend on the old reports.
September 29, 2026
cxs Replacement: Free Malware Scanning with LMD and ClamAV
ConfigServer eXploit Scanner died with ConfigServer; this guide sets up Linux Malware Detect with ClamAV as its engine, explains where ImunifyAV fits, and shows how to reproduce cxs upload scanning and scheduled sweeps on cPanel and plain Linux.
September 29, 2026
Rename Addon Domain cPanel 138+: In-Place Rename
cPanel & WHM 138 added in-place domain renames for addon domains alongside the long-standing primary domain change. This guide explains what changes, what does not, and how to rename with WHM, cPanel and the API without breaking mail, SSL or WordPress.
September 29, 2026
MySQL 8.0 End of Life: Safe Move to 8.4 or MariaDB
MySQL 8.0 left extended support in April 2026; this guide sets out the two realistic destinations for a cPanel server, the differences that matter between MySQL 8.4 LTS and MariaDB 11.8, and how to prepare, execute and verify either move through WHM.
September 29, 2026
Rocky Linux cPanel to AlmaLinux 8/9: Safe Migration Before Updates Stop
cPanel & WHM 134 removed Rocky Linux support, so Rocky 8 and 9 servers cannot move past version 133. This guide covers the in-place conversion to AlmaLinux and the checks to run before and after.
September 29, 2026
Migrating a cPanel server to the cPanel CSF fork and verifying auto-updates
How to move a cPanel or WHM server from the abandoned ConfigServer CSF to cPanel's maintained fork, confirm the RPM is installed, make sure updates flow through upcp, and keep your existing rules and allow lists intact.
September 29, 2026
MultiPHP Manager Bulk PHP Version Changes (cPanel 136+)
cPanel & WHM 136 added bulk PHP version management to MultiPHP Manager. This guide shows how to audit which domains run which version, move them in bulk, and script the same change with whmapi1.
September 29, 2026
MariaDB Not Starting After Upgrade: 5 Recovery Fixes
A recovery sequence for a cPanel server whose MariaDB refuses to start after a version jump, covering removed configuration variables, InnoDB crash recovery levels, running mariadb-upgrade, and application errors caused by stricter sql_mode defaults in 11.4 and later.
September 29, 2026
Migrate cPanel to DirectAdmin: Safe Account Transfer
Moving accounts from cPanel to DirectAdmin using cpmove archives and DirectAdmin's import support, then working through the DNS, mail, PHP and SSL checks that separate a restored account from a working one.
September 29, 2026
MailBaby SRS and Strict Forwarding Errors: Reliable Forwarders
Why forwarded mail is the most common source of MailBaby rejections on cPanel servers, how SRS rewrites the return path so SPF passes downstream, how to route forwards through a dedicated transport, and how to handle the backoff MailBaby applies to abusive forwarding.
September 29, 2026
MailBaby cPanel Exim Setup: Reliable Router, SRS and DKIM
Step-by-step configuration of cPanel's Exim to relay all outbound mail through relay.mailbaby.net with LOGIN authentication, a manualroute router, an authenticated SMTP transport, SRS for forwarders and local DKIM signing that survives the relay.
September 29, 2026
LiteSpeed cPanel plugin CVE-2026-48172: the symlink-to-root flaw and how to verify you’re patched
The June 2026 LiteSpeed WHM plugin flaws CVE-2026-48172 and CVE-2026-54420 let a cPanel user plant a symlink the root-level plugin followed. How to check the version against the fixed 2.4.8 release, update, and look for exploitation.
September 29, 2026