Changes To CSF Country Blocking

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Dayne Larsen | Updated: June 11, 2020
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: CCPA, CC_ALLOW, CC_DENY, ConfigServer, ConfigServer Firewall, CSF, CSF Configuration, Deny Country, Firewall, GeoLite2, MaxMind, MaxMind License Key, MM_License_Key

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Issue

Have you seen this error when restarting csf?

*ERROR*: Country Code Lookups setting MM_LICENSE_KEY must be set in 
 /etc/csf/csf.conf to continue using the MaxMind databases

Recently MaxMind, the company that provides the IP lookup database based on country of origin for CSF, has decided to require a free license to be able to access that database now. They had to do this, so they can conform to the new state law in California for the CCPA act.

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Select a MySQL Database on Linux via Command Line

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Justin Palmer
Category: Series, Technical Support | Tags: CLI, Command-line, Database, Linux, MySQL, Select, use

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These instructions are intended for selecting a MySQL database on Linux via the command line.
I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 6.5 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

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Show (List) MySQL Databases on Linux via Command Line

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Justin Palmer
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: CLI, Command-line, Database, Linux, MariaDB, MySQL

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These instructions are intended for showing (listing) all MySQL databases via the command line.
I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 7 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

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Why Did the Server Block My IP?

Posted on March 4, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: June 4, 2020
Category: Common Fixes, Getting Started, Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Access, Attack, Block, Brute Force, Command-line, Connection, Connection Issues, CSF, Email, Failed Login, FTP, IP, IP Address, Linux Commands, Mac, Malware, Monitoring, Network Utility, PowerShell, Remote Access, SFTP, SMTP, Spam, Status, Unblock, Unblock IP, Windows, Windows Command, Windows Command Processor

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In this article, we will discuss how and why a VPS server or Dedicated server might block an IP address and how to resolve it.

When your company hosts a website or web app online, whether it’s an individual dedicated server or a whole server cluster, you naturally expect to have uninterrupted access at all times. However, it’s possible that in rare circumstances, your server could accidentally block your IP and prevent you from connecting and using the service.

If that has happened to you, this quick summary will provide you with all the essential information needed to verify the status of your IP. Additionally, we will offer some of the most common reasons for being blocked, as well as a few suggestions on how to unblock and whitelist your IP as quickly as possible.

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Little Known Ways To Utilize GitHub Gists

Posted on February 27, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: September 16, 2020
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: CLI, Code, Command-line, Embed, Generate Token, Gist, Git, Git Clone, Git Command, Git Environment, Git Repo, Gitconfig, GitHub, List Gists, Local Repository, Organize, Personal Access Token, Raw, Repo, Repository, Scope, Secret, Star, Token, Versioning

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What is Gist?

Gist is an easy method to share snippets or excerpts of data with others. A gist can be a string of code, a bash script or some other small piece of data. These bits of information are hosted by GitHub as a repository. Using gist has all the benefits of utilizing a GitHub repository, and also provides a more lightweight way of utilizing GitHub’s versioning features.

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How To Use The YUM History Command

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Mike Shooltz
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: CLI, Command-line, Heroic Support, History, Info, Install, List, Manpage, Packages-info, Packages-list, Parameter, Redo, Rollback, Stats, Subcommand, Summary, Support, Sync, Undo, Update, Yellowdog Updater Modified, Yum

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Have you ever wanted to review past updates or roll back an update that broke your sites or negatively affected some aspect of your server’s operations? Well, you can accomplish this easily by using the yum history command.

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WHM Tutorial: DNS Tools and Functions

Posted on January 22, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: September 3, 2020
Category: Technical Support | Tags: A Record, cPanel, dkim, DNS, DNS Cleanup, DNS Records, DNS Zone, DNS Zone File, Domain Forwarding, Hostname, spf, Time To Live, TTL, WHM

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you have a VPS server or Dedicated server running cPanel, and your server is also running private nameservers, you will find the Web Host Manager’s (WHM’s) interface very useful when it comes to updating, creating, or removing DNS zone files for your domains.

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How to Install and Use Git-Secret

Posted on January 14, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: August 19, 2020
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Bash, Encrypt, Encryption, Git, Git Clone, Git Command, Git Environment, Git Repo, Git-Hook, Git-Secret, Gitconfig, GitHub, GnuPG, GPG, GPG Key, GPG Keypair, Keypair, Keys, PGP, Private Keys, Public Keys, Security, Security Practices, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 18.04

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What is Git-Secret?

Git-secret is a bash tool that is used to store your private files and information inside of a git repo on your server. The git-secret tool allows us to encrypt sensitive files that are stored inside a secure, encrypted repository. In this article, we will be examining the process of installing and working with git-secret on an 18.04 Ubuntu Server.

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How To Create A Software Install List

Posted on November 26, 2019 by David Singer
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Apt, Apt-Get, CentOS, CentOS 7, dpkg, Install Linux Software Commandline, Installation, Recover, rpm, Software, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 18.04, Yum

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Purpose

The purpose of this article is to describe and explore ways to copy or backup your currently existing installed software titles into a single file for later use. We can then use this file to reinstall the software onto another system or clone the existing software across multiple Linux systems on or across a network. This method also prevents the need to install software titles one by one.

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Update: WHMCS CURL Bug

Posted on November 26, 2019 by David Singer | Updated: June 23, 2020
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: bug, CentOS, CentOS 7, Curl, EA4, Package, WHMCS, Yum

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WHMCS has discovered a problem in an earlier EA4 Curl Package introduced on CentOS servers.

Update!

UPDATE: This is reportedly fixed in ea-libcurl-7.67.0-2.2.1, so it should no longer be necessary to downgrade.

Working versions:
* ea-libcurl-7.66.0-1.1.2.cpanel.x86_64
* ea-libcurl-7.67.0-2.2.1.cpanel.x86_64
Buggy version:
*ea-libcurl-7.67.0-1.1.2.cpanel.x86_64

Per https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/cpanel-curl-update-breaks-whmcs-enom-module.663449/ it may be necessary to restart PHP-FPM to apply the changes to the running PHP binaries.

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