Custom vhost template ignored

egifford_corexcel

• October 26, 2017 10:10

We discovered an issue on our server yesterday and wanted to see if anyone had a line of investigation that might lead me to figure out what happened. The Problem A customization to our httpd.conf got blown away and I'm trying to track down what happened. I don't know exactly when this happened, but it was discovered yesterday (2017_10_25). The customization instructed Apache to process .htm and .html files through PHP-FPM for the SSL version of our website (we have a few .htm/.html files with PHP code). I think I made the customization in such a way that it would be safe from EasyApache4's httpd.conf regeneration script. If interested, here is the approach I used to make this change: PHP-FPM: Add file extensions to proxy_fcgi_module configuration Ideas I don't know what caused our customized config to disappear. Here are some ideas:

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• Did an update to WHM reverted the change? I made the customizations on 2017-10-10. cPanel released updates on 2017-10-10, 2017-10-17, and 2017-10-23.
• I've been working on the server and tweaking PHP configuration. Perhaps I triggered something that undid my customization.
• Our security team went through the server hardening process last week. Maybe that triggered something that undid my customization. I have a query in with them about this.

I appreciate in any advice or help in advance. Thanks, Ed Gifford

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 26, 2017 16:05

  Hi Ed, Was this system updated to cPanel version 68? If so, note the following sections in the cPanel 68 Release Notes: Thank you.

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  egifford_corexcel

  • October 26, 2017 16:22

  Hi Michael, Thanks for your help. I should have included my version number for cPanel: 66.0.27. We're not on version 68 (yet). I'll keep these notes in mind for when we upgrade. I should also include that when I noticed the issue with httpd.conf, rerunning /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf fixed it. I'm still digging to see if I can replicate what happened. Some things I'm trying:

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  • Changing Apache config through EasyApache4 UI. (This didn't replicate the issue.)
  • Change the installed packages via EasyApache4. (This didn't replicate the issue.)
  • Tweak PHP settings for vhosts through their cPanel accounts. (Haven't tried it yet.)
  • Go out and a few beers. (Haven't tried it yet for this particular problem.)

  I'll update this thread if I figure this out.

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  egifford_corexcel

  • October 26, 2017 17:14

  Here is what I think happened... I've been busy customizing our PHP-FPM settings found in /var/cpanel/userdata/{user}/{domain}.php-fpm.yaml and then using /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/php_fpm_config --rebuild to deploy/regenerate my settings into /opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/etc/php-fpm.d/{domain}.conf. It is looking like that script is not respecting the VirtualHost changes that I made. I've verified this by looking at httpd.conf before and after running the php_fpm_config script. The customizations go away after running the script. My work around is to always run /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf after running the php_fpm_config script. Am I using the php_fpm_config script incorrectly?

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 30, 2017 18:45

  I've been busy customizing our PHP-FPM settings found in /var/cpanel/userdata/{user}/{domain}.php-fpm.yaml and then using /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/php_fpm_config --rebuild to deploy/regenerate my settings into /opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/etc/php-fpm.d/{domain}.conf.

  
  This looks to relate to internal case EA-5615, which is open to address a similiar report referenced on the following thread: PHP-FPM PHP.ini configuration Thank you.

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