Self-Hosted cPanel

A cPanel/WHM server that powers this site and my lab projects. Focused on predictable migrations, backups, and SSL.

Self-hosted

cPanel/WHM dashboard view — WHM/cPanel in my lab: hosting this portfolio and test services.

What I run

Rocky Linux + cPanel/WHM with AutoSSL and scheduled backups.
Separate staging and production vhosts, clean URLs, and redirects.
Tuned PHP-FPM, log rotation, and basic WAF rules.
Migration playbook: pre-checks → snapshot/backup → cutover → post-checks.

Snippets

Backup and restore a single account (root shell):

# Package an account (on source)
# (Run as root on a cPanel server)
 /scripts/pkgacct username

# Copy the archive to target and restore
# (Run as root on the target cPanel server)
 /scripts/restorepkg /home/cpmove-username.tar.gz

AutoSSL (ensure it’s enabled + run now):

# Enable AutoSSL for all users (WHM UI recommended)
# Force a run from CLI:
 /usr/local/cpanel/bin/autossl_check --all-users

Pre-migration content sync (non-cPanel source → cPanel target):

# Example rsync (first pass); adjust paths/users/hostnames
rsync -aHAX --info=progress2 --delete /var/www/html/ root@cpanel-target:/home/USER/public_html/

I keep a short runbook (checks, rollbacks, DNS/SSL steps) so I can repeat migrations safely.

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