cPanel does not rotate or in any way limit the size of the per-account error_logs which are created for each folder of each account on the server by Apache. Apache can be configured not to create them at all but they are extremely handy for debugging. They can of course become very large and hog a lot of disk space, … Read More
Setting Up Per IP Traffic Reports on cPanel Servers Step 1 of 2
Our cPanel server sees a lot of traffic to a lot of different websites. Under cPanel each site has its own access_log and error_log and there is no master global access log. There’s also no way we can find, even using plugins, to monitor and report traffic levels from any particular IP address. Something we’d like to do in order … 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