Disable MySQL strict mode Many third party scripts viz. Cubecart, WHMCS etc. require to disable MySQL strict mode. If you do not disable MySQL strict mode, you may receive errors during installation. The most commons errors are as follow: My SQL Error 1048 column description cannot be null Incorrect integer value: '' for column...
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How to Upgrade WHMCS
WHMCS is a leading billing and support automation system used by thousands of web hosting companies. It is used to manage web hosting billing for their clients and offers auto provisioning services. This helps to web host to setup clients’ accounts automatically and other automated tasks (i.e. invoice, notifications etc.). Users can directly raise...
r1soft (Idera) – VssWrapper::DoSnapshotSet’. VSS_E_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE
You may receive the following error while backing up any server using Idera (previously know as R1soft): An exception occurred during the request. An error occurred during the asynchronous execution of VSS operation 'VssWrapper::DoSnapshotSet'. VSS_E_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE - There are not enough contiguous blocks on disk to create a shadow copy. This problem can usually be...
Installing Tomcat in Plesk 10.x and Plesk 11.x
Installing Tomcat on Linux server with Plesk is straight and easy. If you wish to run Java applications on your Linux server, you need to install Tomcat on your server. You will need the server’s root access to complete the installation. It is recommended to install Tomcat on a clean install of Plesk and...
Nginx: 413 Request Entity Too Large Error and Solution
When you run Nginx as a front end to PHP based Apache & mod_fastcgi server, you may receive the following error while uploading images/files using your form: Nginx 413 Request Entity Too Large You are receiving this error because of client_max_body_size option in your Nginx configuration. If you are trying to upload an image/file...
WHMCS v5.2.10 Vulnerability in Mass pay
There is a security vulnerability in WHMCS v5.2.10 which allows to access any invoice which does not belong to client. WHMCS has advised to disable “Mass Pay” option. You can disable it from Setup > General Settings > Invoices > de-select “Enable Mass Payment” option and save it. As I am writing this, they...
How to remove all messages from Exim mail queue via SSH
Sometimes your server may send large amount of outgoing spam (due to compromised email account or scripts) and you may require to clean all emails from Exim mail queue. Following are the few commands that will help you to remove all emails from Exim mail queue using SSH: To print a list of the...
WHMCS vulnerabilities – v5.2.10 and v5.1.12 released
WHMCS has released a patch to address the following vulnerabilities existed in the previous version: Security Issue Information These changes resolve security issues identified by public disclosure. The follow security issues have been addressed within the latest patches: – Missing Cross Site Request Forgery Token checks for certain operations related to Product Bundles and...
cPanel & WHM 11.34 reached End Of Life
cPanel & WHM 11.34 reached End Of Life on October 15, 2013. cPanel & WHM 11.34 will continue functioning on your server however they will not release any updates including security updates for this version. They have advised all their customers who are still using cPanel & WHM 11.34 to plan to upgrade cPanel...
GODADDY ACQUIRES (mt) MEDIA TEMPLE
One of the biggest domain registrar GoDaddy has acquired (mt) Media Temple a Los Angeles-based Web hosting and cloud services company. Though (mt) Media Temple is acquired, both companies will work independently and according to (mt) there will be no impact on their existing clients. Part of the reason for this, GoDaddy CEO Blake...
Large MySQL Bin files – High disk usage by MySQL Bin files
You may have seen “server-bin.n” or “mysql-bin.00000n” (n represent num0der) under your MySQL directory (/var/lib/mysql). These files are binary logs for MySQL. The binary log contains all statements that update data. It also contains information about how long each statement took that updated data. MySQL binary logs are used for data recovery and replication....
Configure your email account in iPad with GoDaddy hosting
Before you start configuring your email account in iPad, you will need the following information: POP3 server: POP3 port: IMAP srever: (If you are configuring IMAP) IMAP port: SMTP server: SMTP port: You should get the above details from your Godaddy’s account however if you do not find the above details, you can contact...
WordPress no “Publish” button but “Submit For Review” only for Admin user
While adding post from your WordPress admin user, you may not see “Publish” button instead you can see only “Submit For Review” in your admin area even if you are logged in using full administrative user. There are several causes for this problem as follow: Sometime third party theme can cause this problem....
MySQL error #1036 – Table is read only
You may receive the following error while repairing or optimizing the MySQL tables: #1036 – Table ‘xyz’ is read only When the MySQL tables are in “read only” status, you can update or insert any data in them. In most cases this happens due to incorrect ownership for mysql data directory or data files....