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Basic Management and Updating of VPS
I inherited about two years ago a reseller account on a VPS (overseas network admin vanished).
I've been using it, learning as I go, the basics of setting up and managing accounts (I have approximately 12 virtually hosted accounts under it now (ie different domains) with some domains having a few sub-domains under them. I run mostly Joomla 1.5 and now 1.7 sites on those accounts.
I have full (shell) access on the account.
At present, this VPS is running:
cPanel 11.24.5-R38506 - WHM 11.24.2 - X3.9
CENTOS 5.3 i686 virtuozzo on vps
I'm looking for some help on what basic maintenance and upgrade tasks I should be doing (for example, updating cPanel and WHM versions, updating PHP and MySQL versions, cleaning caches, shutting down and restarting services to 'freshen' things up, etc.. Also would like some hints as to which logs are typically monitored, why and how.
I realize this is a broad question but there must be some basic approaches to this.
I've been using it, learning as I go, the basics of setting up and managing accounts (I have approximately 12 virtually hosted accounts under it now (ie different domains) with some domains having a few sub-domains under them. I run mostly Joomla 1.5 and now 1.7 sites on those accounts.
I have full (shell) access on the account.
At present, this VPS is running:
cPanel 11.24.5-R38506 - WHM 11.24.2 - X3.9
CENTOS 5.3 i686 virtuozzo on vps
I'm looking for some help on what basic maintenance and upgrade tasks I should be doing (for example, updating cPanel and WHM versions, updating PHP and MySQL versions, cleaning caches, shutting down and restarting services to 'freshen' things up, etc.. Also would like some hints as to which logs are typically monitored, why and how.
I realize this is a broad question but there must be some basic approaches to this.
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Thx for following me into this post.
I'll start my digging and be back here for some guidance.
I'll start my digging and be back here for some guidance.
Regarding your questions,
I would recommend you to hire a cPanel Expert to do the basic maintenance on your system.
OR
You can perform the following steps. (Please note that I am just trying to give you an idea)
To update cPanel / WHM you can use the following script.
/scripts/upcp --force
To update PHP/Apache
/scripts/easyapache (Please note that there are a variety of options available while upgrading php / apache. If you are not sure, please dont run the script as it will break all your websites. Please consult an expert before performing this steps)
Upgrade MySQL:
Its really not necessary to upgrade mysql each time because it may affect your existing databases. But f you require any particular version you can upgrade using WebHost Manager (WHM) via the following menu path:
WHM: Main >> Software >> MySQL Upgrade
Make sure to backup your database before performing mysql upgrade.
To shutdown/restart services you may use the following scripts or commands.
Apache: service httpd restart or /scripts/restartsrv_httpd
Exim mail server: service exim restart or /scripts/restartsrv_exim
MySQL: service mysql restart or /scripts/restartsrv_mysql
More services that can be restarted are located at /scripts/restartsrv_
Regarding the logs:
Apache logs can be monitored using the following command:
"tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/err
For old logs use "tail -1000 /usr/local/apache/logs/err
Exim Mail server log: "tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog"
To check messages for a particular domain use " grep domainname /var/log/exim_mainlog"
FTP Logs: "tail -f /var/log/messages"
MySQL log: "tail -f /var/lib/mysql/hostname.er
Hope above information is helpful.
Cheers !!!
I would recommend you to hire a cPanel Expert to do the basic maintenance on your system.
OR
You can perform the following steps. (Please note that I am just trying to give you an idea)
To update cPanel / WHM you can use the following script.
/scripts/upcp --force
To update PHP/Apache
/scripts/easyapache (Please note that there are a variety of options available while upgrading php / apache. If you are not sure, please dont run the script as it will break all your websites. Please consult an expert before performing this steps)
Upgrade MySQL:
Its really not necessary to upgrade mysql each time because it may affect your existing databases. But f you require any particular version you can upgrade using WebHost Manager (WHM) via the following menu path:
WHM: Main >> Software >> MySQL Upgrade
Make sure to backup your database before performing mysql upgrade.
To shutdown/restart services you may use the following scripts or commands.
Apache: service httpd restart or /scripts/restartsrv_httpd
Exim mail server: service exim restart or /scripts/restartsrv_exim
MySQL: service mysql restart or /scripts/restartsrv_mysql
More services that can be restarted are located at /scripts/restartsrv_
Regarding the logs:
Apache logs can be monitored using the following command:
"tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/err
For old logs use "tail -1000 /usr/local/apache/logs/err
Exim Mail server log: "tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog"
To check messages for a particular domain use " grep domainname /var/log/exim_mainlog"
FTP Logs: "tail -f /var/log/messages"
MySQL log: "tail -f /var/lib/mysql/hostname.er
Hope above information is helpful.
Cheers !!!
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