6 min
Recover a crashed MariaDB with innodb_force_recovery on cPanel
MariaDB won't start on a cPanel server after a crash or full disk. Read the error log, pick the lowest safe innodb_force_recovery level, dump everything, and rebuild.
2026-10-08
8 min
Tune MariaDB on a cPanel server for shared hosting
cPanel ships MariaDB with defaults sized for a 2 GB box. The five settings that actually move the needle on a shared server, plus a starting config by RAM.
2026-09-03
7 min
Set up a remote MySQL server for cPanel with WHM profiles
Offload MySQL to a dedicated database host using WHM's Manage MySQL Profiles — the setup steps, the grants it needs, data migration, and the CloudLinux Governor tradeoff.
2026-07-12
6 min
Upgrade MariaDB or MySQL on cPanel/WHM without breaking it
A version bump in WHM is a one-way door — no downgrade, no revert to MySQL. The exact path through major versions, plus the CloudLinux Governor route.
2026-06-13