We built the cPanel ELevate tool to manage the unique complexities of upgrading a cPanel & WHM server from start to finish. In order to do this, we upgraded multiple servers in various configurations, with different software loaded (both 3rd-party and our own). Along the way, we learned a few things that we’d like to share with those sysadmins who are about to upgrade their cPanel & WHM servers. Lessons Learned Here are a few …
Welcome to the cPanel & WHM® contribution to the ELevate project by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. ELevate enables upgrades between major versions of RedHat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) derivatives. At cPanel, we’ve created the cPanel ELevate tool that manages the ELevate process end-to-end so that systems administrators can safely and efficiently upgrade a cPanel & WHM server. Why ELevate Your cPanel & WHM Server? Sysadmins struggle when it’s time to do operating system upgrades. They’re very costly …
Join us as we celebrate our first in-person event of the year! Cloudfest 2022 kicks off with a welcome event on Monday, March 21, then the conference runs from March 22-24th. Check out this sneak preview. Some of the top leaders and creators in the cloud will be speaking this year, and plenty of time for networking. Check out the fantastic line-up of speakers and start
In the winter of 2020, CentOS 8 announced that it would be reaching its end-of-life in December of 2021. This news was somewhat unexpected in the open-source and web hosting worlds. In response, we began working towards providing solutions that will benefit our partners and customers and expand options as we move forward together. The goal is to provide greater Operating System (OS) diversity, more substantial stability, and increased safety for our customers and their …
As we continue making improvements and adding additional functionalities to WP Toolkit, we wanted to take a moment to share some of what has changed with our recent 5.8 and 5.9 updates. What’s new with WP Toolkit? Many of our most recent updates are targeted towards security, because keeping the internet safe (and your websites secure) will always be a priority of ours. With that said, we’d like to highlight a couple of these features: …
Back in August of 2021, we announced the deprecation of Paper Lantern. Today we’re updating the schedule for the final stage: its removal. In the previous deprecation schedule, we planned a series of changes across 3 versions: 100, 102 LTS, and 104. With 100 and 102 LTS changes already happening, we are now delaying the removal of Paper Lantern from 104 to 108. In version 108 (debuting Q3-Q4 of 2022): We will stop all development, …
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As cPanel & WHM Version 102 nears its release, many of you have reached out to us with feedback about Jupiter, as it appears in the end-user interface as well as WHM. Thank you! We’ve been listening carefully and are happy to now share what we’ve learned, as well as our game plan going forward. Within WHM In v102, we revealed Jupiter in WHM. We haven’t addressed WHM’s user experience in quite some time, so …
You’ve likely seen our requests for beta testers over the past few months, as well as the mentions in our newsletter – it’s been no secret that a new product was on the way. The day has now come, and we couldn’t be happier to announce that cPanel SEO has arrived! cPanel SEO was designed to not only improve your search engine results, but also the actual content of your website. …
We’ve recently updated our End User License Agreement. The primary purpose is to update the European Union’s “Standard Commercial Clauses” (SCC) in our Data Processing Agreement (DPA). cPanel is providing the SCCs to help our customers who are in the European Economic Area comply with their regulatory obligations in light of the “Schrems II” decision. These SCCs will automatically apply to cPanel, and …