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Cpanel Update Server Software feature

The Update Server Software feature manages software dependencies (provided by the operating system) that cPanel requires.

Here’s where you can find and use this feature:

And from the command Line

The cPanel & WHM update script (/scripts/upcp)

This script handles most of the updates on your cPanel & WHM system. You can run this script in 2 ways:

* On the command line, by entering /scripts/upcp as the root user.
* In WHM, using the Upgrade to Latest Version feature at Main >> cPanel >> Upgrade to Latest Version.

In addition to updating cPanel & WHM, this script also updates most of the software on your system by calling a number of other scripts within the /scripts directory.

Cpanel software update scripts description

In addition to /scripts/upcp

Update System Software Updates your system software. This script is essentially the same as running yum update.

Update Server Software Updates software dependencies required by cPanel that are provided by the operating system.

There are a number of scripts that update applications installed with cPanel.

Initial Set Up for Quotas on Cpanel

This is the final stage of the Initial Setup process. You will need to select whether you would like to track disk usage on your server. This is generally a good idea if you plan to lease server space to individual users. However, if you do not plan to host individual accounts on your server, you may not need to enable quotas.

To set up quotas:

Select Use file system quotas.
This is a good idea if you plan to host individual accounts on your server.

To disable quotas:

Select Do not use file system quotas.
This is not a good idea if you plan to host individual accounts on your server.

Once you have finished, click the Finish Setup Wizard button. You will then be taken to the WHM homepage.

Cpanel Tool to configure PHP and SuExec

This tool allows you to configure the Apache PHP Handler, the default PHP version and suEXEC support.

The default PHP version determines which version of PHP is used for files with a ‘.php’ extensions when served by Apache.

Enabling suEXEC provides support for Apache to run CGI programs as the user ID of the account owner. suEXEC is not PHPSuExec.

Please refer to the documentation for a detailed explanation of how each handler functions.

Reference: http://www.cpanel.net/support/docs/ea/ea3/ea3php_php_requests.html