How To Whitelist a Country in cPHulk from Command Line

Introduction

This article aims to outline the process of whitelisting a country in cPhulk from the command line.

Procedure

Method 1 (WHM):

1. Log into WHM
2. Navigate to WHM » Security Center » cPHulk Brute Force Protection and select the Countries Management tab:
   
   
3. Search for the country you'd like to whitelist, and select "Whitelisted" on the far right. You should see a confirmation that the whitelists and blacklists have been updated in the top right of the interface:
   

Method 2 (Command Line):

To update the cphulk country whitelist, you would use the following WHMAPI1 function:

whmapi1 set_cphulk_config_key key=country_whitelist value=$COUNTRY_CODES

Here is an example of how you may use this function to whitelist the US in cPhulk:

whmapi1 set_cphulk_config_key key=country_whitelist value=US

There are a few notes about this function that you should be aware of.

     Notes:

• This value overwrites the current whitelist.
• Enter a comma-separated list to enter more than one value.
• For a list of countries, run the WHM API 1 function get_countries_with_known_ip_ranges

Here are the accepted values you can input for the whitelist:

• A comma-separated list of valid ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes.
• An empty string.

More on this WHM API function can be found here:

WHM API1: set_cphulk_config_key