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Thought I'd draw a quick link to this as it's bound to catch a few folks out. Joomla : WHM Migrate - configuration.php wiped (TIP) Scenario: Joomla installed on an CPanel server and you wish to move it to a new Cpanel server so you arrange (or DIY) the migration using the Migrate or Transfer account tools provided in WHM. WHM handles it all, hopefully and reports a success and you think great... Symptoms: Visiting the website suddenly starts bringing out erratic behaviour and suddenly the site is non responsive. I was able to get into the administration section, and then any changes I made to ANY files (configuration.php, virtuemart, etc...) all resulted in a wiped file. Cause: In my case Cpanel has obviously re-assigned a bunch of NOBODY (apache) owned files back to my actual user and this took me over the disk space quota for the account. Net result, CPanel just refuses to write any more data to the account and thus wipes files. Solution: You can either get your disk quota increased to cover the excess or start removing files you don't need... Once you've done this and got yourself back under quota you're sorted.. This applies equally to any site using script that creates or writes files and is error'd out by the quota limit.

I'll post this here as I feel it's more of a Firewall issue than a Web development issue - but if not, please move it. Has anyone tried setting up (or has running) cPanel behind an RM Proxy/Firewall (supplied by SWGfL)? I have been supplied with an external IP which allows me to access my cPanel installation from the Web - but I don't necessarily need to be able to do this as all I'm trying to do is set it up so it can be accessed internally but fulflll their licensing requirement of having it available to the net. The problem is, I can access it fine using this IP address but it's not the IP the software "sees", and as this IP also dynamically changes this causes the license activation to fail as its not the IP address their licensing portal is expecting to see. If I change the IP on their licensing portal to the one "seen" by the software, it'll activate fine and I can use cPanel fine until the IP changes at which point cPanel drops back to 'Trial Mode'. The person at RM I've been conversing with seems adamant that these changing IPs are Proxy Server IPs and that I should be using my original supplied IP, but it doesn't work this way at all and I'm losing my patience over trying to figure out how to solve this. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be really happy to know.

Evening Guys, I'm not sure how many of you work in schools that let their kids mess about with LAMP servers and setting up their own space for hosting etc, but in case you do cPanel offer their Control Panel software for $30 (admin costs) to non-profit/educational establishments. Having used cPanel through Edutech Hosting I love it - it's very good. I bet most people out there have used it at all. The link to sign up is: Non-Profit License Application Form - cPanel Inc. As you know I don't work for them so I don't feel as though I am advertising. Gareth