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Swap Apache for LiteSpeed Web Server on a running cPanel server in about 20 minutes — keep every .htaccess rule, every mod_security policy, and every PHP handler intact.

The 30-minute Softaculous install on a cPanel server — auto-installer, license activation, and the three default settings to change before your first customer touches the installer.

LiteSpeed prices LSWS along two axes — RAM cap and domain count. Here is what each tier actually limits, with worked examples for VPS, shared, and reseller boxes.

LiteSpeed Enterprise costs money; OpenLiteSpeed is free. Where the differences actually matter — cPanel integration, .htaccess handling, ESI, and HTTP/3.

CentOS 7 has been past EOL since June 2024. Two paths to move a running cPanel server to AlmaLinux — in-place ELevate or fresh-install plus WHM transfer — with the trade-offs and the gotchas.

A production playbook for moving cPanel accounts to Plesk using the Plesk Migrator — pre-flight checks, sync mode, DNS cutover, and the gotchas that stall real migrations.

The four MySQL Governor modes explained for shared cPanel hosting — when each makes sense, the dbctl commands that actually matter, and the defaults that survive real WordPress traffic.

An 18-year-old heap overflow in NGINX's rewrite module — CVSS 9.2, unauthenticated, exploitable from the internet. Here's the patched versions, the config workaround, and how it affects Plesk and cPanel stacks.

Plesk's three editions cap domains, not accounts, and each one comes in a VPS-priced and a Dedicated-priced version. Here is what each tier limits, what it costs, and when to upgrade.

Softaculous has the script count and the price advantage; Installatron has the cloning and backup architecture. Where the differences actually matter for a hosting business.