When running all or most of ones client accounts on a cPanel server under PHP-FPM, making a change to PHP.INI in the usual ways has no effect. WHM Multi-PHP INI Editor does not work in the ‘normal’ way and nor do individual users’ cPanel account INI editors; in fact the way to make changes is (at time of writing) to … Read More
Solved: cPanel’s CPHULK, CloudFlare and X-Forwarded-For
At the time of posting, there is a feature request on the cPanel website which, if approved, would enable the admin of a cPanel server to have CPHULK act on the content of the X-Forwarded-For header in HTTP requests. https://features.cpanel.net/topic/have-option-for-cphulkd-to-action-on-x-forwarded-for cPanel feel this is a bad idea because the X-Forwarded-For header is easily spoofed. Which could lead to all sorts … Read More
CloudFlare & WHM/cPanel Apache Server Firewall Conflict
CloudFlare adds another level of security and resilience in front of our dedicated server. It’s an excellent idea and for basic use, it’s completely free. Fab. However, there’s a problem. Because all server traffic which is routed via CloudFlare effectively comes from CloudFlare, and because it’s imperative CloudFlare’s IP address ranges are never blocked (because one bad apple would spoil … Read More