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Linux server scripts, tools and guides for AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu and Debian: hardening, firewalls, databases, mail and monitoring.

Install OpenLiteSpeed and WordPress on AlmaLinux 10 (No Panel)

Install OpenLiteSpeed, LSPHP 8.4, MariaDB and WordPress on AlmaLinux 10 from the official LiteSpeed repository, with HTTPS and LiteSpeed Cache.

October 6, 2026

PHP-FPM Calculator: pm.max_children and Spare Servers

Calculate pm.max_children, start_servers and spare servers from RAM and PHP-FPM worker size, with cPanel and DirectAdmin config locations.

October 6, 2026

ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID on cPanel: Wrong Certificate Served

Fix ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID on cPanel: find which certificate each IP and port serves, then fix DNS, AutoSSL coverage, panel ports, mail SNI or the proxy.

October 6, 2026

Let’s Encrypt Changes 2025 to 2028: What Hosting Admins Must Do

Let's Encrypt changes from 2025 to 2028: no expiry emails, no OCSP, no clientAuth EKU, Gen Y intermediates, 64- then 45-day certificates, and what cPanel and DirectAdmin admins must do.

October 6, 2026

200-Day SSL Certificates and DCV Reuse: What It Means for AutoSSL

The CA/B Forum schedule: 200-day certificates and DCV reuse from March 2026, then 100 and 47 days, retired email validation, DNSSEC checks, and what it means for AutoSSL and ACME.

October 6, 2026

DirectAdmin CustomBuild Failed: Logs, Lock File, Re-run and Rollback

Fix a failed DirectAdmin CustomBuild run: find the log, check the lock file, fix common compile errors, re-run one component and roll back a version.

October 6, 2026

Free website test

Is your website set up right?

Check SSL, security headers, redirects, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt and security.txt in one test. It takes about 30 seconds.