ZPanel is a free and complete web hosting control panel for Microsoft Windows and POSIX (Linux, UNIX and MacOSX) based servers. It is written in PHP and uses several open-source (or freely available) software packages to provide a secure, web hosting system. ZPanel flawlessly integrates with MySQL, hMailServer (on Windows), Posfix (on Linux etc.) and Filezilla (on Windows) or ProFTPd (on Linux etc.). Installation can be completed with following steps : # wget https://raw.github.com/zpanel/installers/master/install/CentOS-6_4/10_1_1.sh# chmod +x 10_1_1.sh# ./10_1_1.sh You can then follow the configurations needed from the terminal for completing the installation. Default user and password User :zadminPass :password Important File Paths and OS Specifics in ZPanel: ZPanel virtual host : /etc/zpanel/configs/apache/httpd-vhosts.confApache log files : /var/log/httpd/error_log: /var/log/httpd/access_logZPanel users : /var/zpanel/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/domain.comZPanel …
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Modern IT environments demand efficient server administration, remote access, strong security, and real-time control. Today, system administrators rely on powerful tools that simplify remote management, troubleshooting, and infrastructure monitoring. In this article, we explore 10 of the best server administration tools used by Linux and cross-platform administrators to manage servers efficiently from anywhere. Why Server Administration Tools Matter Effective server management helps organizations: The right tools allow administrators to manage servers without being physically present. 1. TightVNC TightVNC is a lightweight remote desktop software that enables administrators to connect to another computer and view or control its desktop remotely. Key Features Operating Modes Application Mode Service Mode TightVNC is widely used for basic remote support and server monitoring tasks. 2. …
IP address spoofing, or IP spoofing, is the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) packets with a source IP address for the purpose of concealing the identity of the sender or impersonating another computing system. It’s a phenomena in which attackers changes or replicate IP packets. To dig deep, let’s understand some basic concepts. On the Internet, communication between two computers uses TCP/IP. In which data needed to be sent from one computer to another is broken down into pieces known as packets. These packets are numbered when broken down so they can be reassembled at the end or by the receiver. Each packet has two parts: header and body. The body carries the message, and the header stores metadata for the packet, such …
Some scripts/applications require certain scripts be run at a certain time to function properly. On Windows servers, we can set them up to run at certain times by creating a scheduled task (which is similar to how you can run cron jobs on Linux servers). Creating a Scheduled Task in Plesk: We can set up Scheduled Tasks in Plesk by doing the following: Log into Plesk The user you are logging in with should have enough permissions to create a scheduled task. Windows Shared customers automatically have permission, and the Admin user for Windows Dedicated Servers automatically have permission. Additional users created by the Admin on a Windows Dedicated Server may or may not have permission to set up scheduled …
SSH tunneling is used to tunnel all of the traffic from your local machine to a remote server that you have an account. SSH allows users to create TCP tunnels to send data over the network. The amazing thing about SSH tunnels is that they are encrypted. How tunneling works? This works by allocating a socket to listen to port on the local side, optionally bound to the specified bind_address. Whenever a connection is made to this port, the connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is made to host port from the remote machine. Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file. There are two ways to create an SSH tunnel: local and remote …
Logstalgia is a visualization tool that visualize web access logs as a game simulation (as a pong like battle game between web server and requests). Requests are appeared as colored balls and travel across the screen to reach requested location. The colored ball hits the paddle if it is a successful request otherwise it misses (for e.g. if it is an error) Requirements: > Its works with OpenGL (Open graphic Library) and need an accelerated 3D display to visualize > A web server with logs such as Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx (a busy server gives interesting result) > Linux operating system (eg: Ubuntu, Fedora)
Subversion (SVN) is an open source version control system. It helps you keep track of a collection of files and folders. Any time you change, add or delete a file or folder that you manage with Subversion, you commit these changes to your Subversion repository, which creates a new revision in your repository reflecting these changes. You can always go back, look at and get the contents of previous revisions. This article will help you for step by step setup SVN server on a cPanel/WHM server. Prerequisite 1. sqlite3 php module 2. Apache mod_dav module. Installing php sqlite3 module Run the following command in the server terminal #php -m | grep sqlite If the module is installed already, …
Spam emails are commonly referred to as unsolicited or junk emails sent in bulk without user consent. In a cPanel server running Exim, spamming usually occurs due to compromised accounts, vulnerable scripts, or improperly configured applications. Common Causes of Server Spamming Spamming generally happens in the following ways: General Fix for Spamming Issues Case 1: Spam Sent via PHP Script Step 1: Check Mail Queue Count A high number indicates possible spam activity. Step 2: View Recent Emails in Queue Step 3: Inspect Email Header Check the auth_id field to identify the account sending spam. Step 4: Locate the Spam Script Identify heavily used mail directories: Step 5: Disable the Script Step 6: Find Malicious IP Accessing Script Block the …
Samba is a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol. We need to set up and configure samba server where the drive to share or mount is located. Samba Server uses the following port no. : 137/tcp 137/udp 138/tcp 138/udp 139/udp 139/udp 445/tcp 445/udp Daemon name: smb and nmb Samba services are implemented as two daemons: smbd, which provides the file and printer sharing services, and nmbd, which provides the NetBIOS-to-IP-address name service. NetBIOS over TCP/IP requires some method for mapping NetBIOS computer names to the IP addresses of a TCP/IP network.
A new vulnerability has been found that potentially affects most versions of the Linux and Unix operating systems, in addition to Mac OS X. Known as the “Bash Bug” or “ShellShock,” the GNU Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain control over a targeted computer if exploited successfully. And because Bash is everywhere on Linux and Unix-like machines and interacts with all parts of the operating system, everyone anticipates that it will have lot of repercussions. How does Shellshock work? Shellshock exploits a flaw in how Bash parses environment variables; Bash allows functions to be stored in environment variables, but the issue is Bash will execute any code placed after the function in the environment variable …