How to read cphulkd logs and history from command line – cPanel

Question

How do you read the cphulkd logs and history from the command line?

Below are the commands that can be run from whmapi1 via the command line, followed by documentation to help understand the output.

This function lists brute force attack entries from the cPHulk database:

# whmapi1 get_cphulk_brutes

This function retrieves excessive brute force attack entries from the cPHulk database:

# whmapi1 get_cphulk_excessive_brutes

This function lists failed login attempt entries from the cPHulk database:

# whmapi1 get_cphulk_failed_logins

This function lists brute force attack entries from the cPHulk database, ordered by user accounts:

# whmapi1 get_cphulk_user_brutes

If you want to see this in a quick and easy graphical format, please refer to the article below about accessing the data via WHM.