[SOLVED] WHM/cPanel unresponsive after reboot, SSH access

mencargo

• May 08, 2022 00:32

It's a new server, Almalinux 8, installed cPanel, created a couple of accounts, disabled DNS, tried to set AutoSSL that worked for one domain and didn't work for another. Tried AutoSSL several times, removed self-signed SSL, decided to reboot. No access to WHM, cPanel nor websites. I'm able to access with SSH. # systemctl status cpanel Active: active (running) Whitelisted my IP. I don't see any errors in journalctl -xe
, besides PAM-hulk: Brute force detection active: 550 LOGIN DENIED -- TOO MANY FAILURES
Tried running named service, nothing changes... Tried updating to 104 changing /etc/cpupdate.conf
and running /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp
Still same issue [Up to date (11.103.9999.102)]

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  andrew.n

  • May 08, 2022 06:17

  Do you have CSF installed? Almalimux comes with firewallcmd. Can you check the output of this? firewallcmd --state

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  mencargo

  • May 08, 2022 06:32

  Thanks! I tried iptables and csf... systemctl stop firewalld
  Should I disable it and install CSF? Is there something wrong with the install? Seems weird that a fresh install could have something like this, should I move to another OS?

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  kodeslogic

  • May 08, 2022 08:32

  Yes, install the CSF and check.

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  andrew.n

  • May 08, 2022 13:00

  Thanks! I tried iptables and csf... systemctl stop firewalld
  Should I disable it and install CSF? Is there something wrong with the install? Seems weird that a fresh install could have something like this, should I move to another OS?

  
  Did this do the trick?

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  mencargo

  • May 08, 2022 14:42

  Did this do the trick?

  
  Yes, checked with firewall-cmd --state
  and it was indeed active (very few rules, including ssh), so I stopped the service.

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  kodeslogic

  • May 08, 2022 14:49

  Disable it so it won't autostart in the next reboot. # systemctl disable firewalld
  

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  mencargo

  • May 08, 2022 15:07

  Disable it so it won't autostart in the next reboot. # systemctl disable firewalld
  

  
  Yep, done that also, thks

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  andrew.n

  • May 08, 2022 15:13

  Glad to hear, enjoy :)

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  kodeslogic

  • May 08, 2022 15:20

  I am glad I was able to help.

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