Category: System Administration

How to install MySQLi extension via cPanel / WHM

In order to enable to MySQLi extension in your WHM, please follow these steps:

  1. Log into the WHM with your root credentials.
  2. Go to the “Easy Apache (Apache Update)” menu, located in the “Software” section or use the search box to find it.
  3. On the Easy Apache page, make sure your Previously Saved (Default) configuration is selected and click on “Customize Profile”.
  4. Keep clicking “Next Step”, until you reach the “Short Options List” page and scroll to the bottom of the page.
  5. Click on the “Exhaustive Options List” button.
  6. On this page, scroll down to the PHP section and find MySQL “Improved” extension.
  7. Ensure the check box is filled in and scroll to the bottom.
  8. Click the “Save Only” button.
  9. On the next page, click the “Build profile I just saved” button.
  10. A pop box will appear and ask you to recompile Apache and PHP, select “Yes” and “I understand”, if prompted.
  11. Wait until the Build output is complete and the MySQLi extension should be installed/enabled. Please do not log out of the WHM or interrupt the rebuild process and wait for it to be completed.

How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu

Webmin is a web-based system administration tool for Unix-like systems. It provides an easy alternative to command line system administration and can be used to manage various aspects of a system, such as users and services, through the use of the provided Webmin modules. If you want to manage your own server but you are uncomfortable with the command line, Webmin is a good tool to help you get started.

Step 1:

On your server, open the sources.list file in your favorite text editor.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Step 2:

Now press Ctrl-W Then Ctrl-V to navigate to the end of the file, then add the following lines to the file:

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib

deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib

Step 3:

Update apt-get’s package lists

sudo apt-get update

Step 4:

Install Webmin

sudo apt-get install webmin

Step 5:

Login to the Webmin

https://server_IP_address:10000