Information on EasyApache 4 Interface

1. Information on EasyApache 4 Interface

2. Table of Contents • Save as Profile • Upload a Profile (from a Local File) • Upload a File (from a URL) • Command Line Changes • EasyApache 4 Interface • How to Run EasyApache 4 Interface • Benefits of Running EasyApache 4 Interface • EasyApache 4 Home Interface • Convert to Profile

3. EasyApache 4 Interface • The EasyApache 4 Interface lets you update and install Apache, PHP, and the other components of your web server. It installs, updates, configures, and validates your web server. It provides a convenient way for the modification of the web server. • It needs to be noted that this interface doesn’t display the exact package names. The “ea-“ prefix is used to start the actual package names on the system.

4. How to Run EasyApache 4 Interface • You need to use the EasyApache 4 interface of WHM in order to run EasyApache. • WHM >> Home >> Software >> EasyApache 4 • A graphical interface for yum is provided by EasyApache 4. It can be used on the command line. It is recommended that you update the version of your cPanel & WHM, prior to running EasyApache 4. • EasyApache functionality is not supported on those versions of cPanel & WHM that have reached EOL (End of Life). It is only when your version of cPanel & WHM can support a new feature in EasyApache, that your server is able to access that feature.

5. Benefits of Running EasyApache 4 Interface The below-mentioned benefits are provided by EasyApache 4- • PHP’s multiple concurrent versions. • PHP’s, Apache’s, and the selected modules’ updates. • Automatic updates ensuring a reduction in security vulnerabilities. • Adding, installing, or removing a web server’s components become simplified. • Information regarding the selected options can be accessed easily. • Compatibility related recommendations.

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7. Creating an Apache Handler You need to carry out the following steps for adding an Apache handler: Enter the handler name in the text box, Handler. Enter the file extension in the text box, Extension(s). A file extension refers to the letters after the dot (.) in a file name. Space-separate multiple extensions. Click Add. It needs to be mentioned here that the interface does not let you create custom Apache handlers

8. EasyApache 4 Home Interface The EasyApache 4 Home interface is displayed by the system when the EasyApache 4 interface is opened. The below-mentioned sections are present in the Home interface. • Run system update – This link redirects a user to the System Update interface and lets the user update the RPMs on his/her system. • WHM >> Home >> Software >> System Update • Currently Installed Packages – The current configuration of your system is displayed in this section. To see the currently installed packages, you need to click View all packages. Click Customize in order to make changes. Click Convert to profile to save the packages that have been currently-installed as a profile. • Available Profiles – All the currently available profiles on your system are displayed in this section. • Upload a profile – In order to upload a custom profile, you need to click Upload a profile.

9. Convert to Profile You need to carry out the following steps in order to convert your configuration into a custom profile: • Click Convert to profile in the section, Currently Installed Packages. • Next, enter your profile’s name. This name is displayed by the EasyApache 4 interface. Select the checkbox, Overwrite an existing profile, in order to overwrite an existing profile that has the same name. • Enter your profile’s file name. You should not include the .json extension. • You have the option to enter your profile’s description. This description will be displayed by the interface. • As an option, you can enter a list of tags that is comma-separated. • Click Convert. • The new profile is saved to the /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/custom directory by the system.

10. Save as Profile A new profile can be saved at any point of the EasyApache 4 configuration process. In order to attain that, you need to carry out the following steps: • Click the option, Save as profile, during the EasyApache 4 configuration process. • Enter your profile’s name. This name will be displayed by the EasyApache 4 interface. • Select the checkbox, Overwrite an existing profile, in order to overwrite an existing profile that has the same name. • Enter your profile’s file name. You should not include the .json extension. • A file name of . or .., or a file name that has the / or NULL character cannot be entered. • If you desire, you can enter a description for your profile. • Click Save. • The new profile is saved to the /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/custom directory by the system.

11. Upload a Profile (from a Local File) It needs to be mentioned here that profile files need to use a JSON format. That is because the system won’t display files in any other format. • Carry out the following steps to upload a custom profile from a local file: • Click Upload a profile. • Click Browse and then select that profile which you want to upload. • Select the checkbox, Overwrite an existing profile, in order to overwrite an existing profile that has the same name. • Click Upload. • The system uploads your file and refreshes the EasyApache 4 interface.

12. Upload a File (from a URL) Carry out the following steps to upload a file from a URL: • Click Retrieve from URL. • Enter in the text box the URL, that you want to upload. • Fetch the contents of the URL by selecting the checkbox. • Click Upload. • Your file is uploaded by the system. The system refreshes the EasyApache 4 interface.

13. Command Line Changes • Some changes can be performed on the command line with EasyApache 4. In order to install or uninstall packages manually, yum can be used.

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