CyberPanel cheatsheet (configs, commands, fixes)

 A handy reference page for common CyberPanel commands and configurations.

I made a list of the most common configurations and issues that I deal with on CyberPanel servers. If you don’t find what you need here, check on CyberPanel documentation or forums.

Install (CentOS):

1. yum update, press “y” when asked
2. sh <(curl https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh || wget -O - https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh) (official link)
3. To update (when new versions are available), sh <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/stable/preUpgrade.sh || wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/stable/preUpgrade.sh) (official link, for most recent update instructions and quick fixes if you see errors)

Usual configs after installation:

• after finished, log into panel and create admin user account for client
• go to security/firewall and open port 7080 for LS console
• change LS console pass with cd /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc and ./admpass.sh
• log into LS console and enable brotli, WP security throttle (if you have LS Enterprise)
• take note of mysql root password with cat /etc/cyberpanel/mysqlPassword (used for logging into phpmyadmin)
• php.ini limits must be increased for for CP (PHP7.0), and you should do the same for all other php versions as well
• Setting SSHD port in firewall
• SFTP (if you need it) – IP, root, root pass, SSH port, and make sure you choose SFTP protocol
• Go to “PHP > Install Extensions” if you any PHP extensions for certain plugins, etc.
• Enable crawler, vi /usr/local/lsws/conf/httpd.conf and add the lines below underneath CacheRoot /home/lscache/:

CacheEngine on crawler
SetEnv CRAWLER_USLEEP 1000
SetEnv CRAWLER_LOAD_LIMIT 5.2

OpenLiteSpeed:

• Check version – /usr/local/lsws/bin/openlitespeed -v
• Update OLS – yum update and yum upgrade openlitespeed

Logs:

• View from UI at https://yourdomain.com::8090/serverlogs/
• Or from terminal – cat /home/cyberpanel/error-logs.txt (log files on CyberPanel)
• Important log file locations – https://cyberpanel.net/docs/log-files-on-cyberpanel/

SSL certificates:

• SSL not renewing properly – run the acme wget -O - https://get.acme.sh | sh
• Need to edit SSL’s manually? Look in /etc/letsencrypt/live
• Need to check errors regarding SSL’s? Go to https://serverip:8090/serverstatus/cyberCPMainLogFile in your browser

MariaDB:

• Get phpMyAdmin pass – cat /etc/cyberpanel/mysqlPassword (user is “root”)
• Restart control panel? systemctl restart lscpd
• Restart mariadb systemctl restart mariadb

Configurations:

• Changing mysql root pass? – edit /etc/cyberpanel/mysqlPassword, home/cyberpanel/.my.cnf, and /root/cyberpanel/CyberCP/settings.py, /usr/local/settings.py, and /usr/local/CyberCP/CyberCP/settings.py
• How to do redirects in htaccess. You have to use different directives.

Common fixes:

• Cron schedules – /etc/crontab clear out unnecessary cronjobs eating up server resources (backups). Reference link.
• Restart database – systemctl start mariadb
• If having database error connection issues, try changing DB user password to match what you have in wp-config.php. Also check mysql root password in/usr/local/cyberpanel/settings.py
• Look for a (potentially) better mysql config? Try this.
• Need to edit mysql configs? You can find it in /home/cyberpanel/.my.cnf
• 404 errors, or .htaccess/vhost configs not applying immediately after updates? This issue can happen on OLS (which doesn’t support live htaccess updates). Try restarting LiteSpeed (Server Status > LiteSpeed Status > Reboot LiteSpeed).
• Terminal not working – make sure port 5678 is open in firewall, also systemctl restart cpssh.
• Can’t connect to your panel on Amazon Lightsail? Go to the Networking section in Lightsail and open ports 8090 (for CyberPanel) and 7080 (for LiteSpeed console).
• Multisite – use child domains instead of domain aliases. Can follow our hosting documentation here.
• Troubleshooting diagnosis steps – https://cyberpanel.net/docs/troubleshooting-cyberpanel/
• Rpmdb open errors during upgrade, backup rpmdb mv /var/lib/rpm/__db* /tmp, then yum clean all and yum update, and remove rpmdb backup if yum update works rm -i /tmp/__db*.
• SSL certifications not renewing? – try going to /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com and make sure the privkey has permissions of 644 instead of 600. Handy tool for diagnosing SSL.
• Annoying license error – refresh LS license /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -v

Emails:

• Generating SSL for mail domain.
• Setting up custom mail server SSL.
• Rainloop webmail giving “unknown error” – try restart
• Other email issues? Can make sure SELinux is disabled.
• Getting emails delivered

Backups:

• Controlling backup schedule (time of day), for now can be done by editing cron job in /etc/crontab, like 0 3 * * 0-6 root python /usr/local/CyberCP/plogical/backupSchedule.py.

Want to see general Linux server commands?

• QUICKLIST server shell commands (for newb admins)

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