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
5 min
Fix a full disk on a cPanel server: where the space went
A cPanel server at 100% disk breaks mail, MySQL, and account creation at once. Here is the triage order, and the six directories that account for most of it.
2026-09-07
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
9 min
R1Soft single MySQL database restore from a recovery point
Pull one MySQL database out of an R1Soft recovery point without rolling back the whole server — using the Database Browser wizard or a side-by-side mysqld for non-application-aware safes.
2026-05-18
7 min
R1Soft MySQL application-aware backups on cPanel servers
R1Soft can flush MySQL tables before each disk snapshot so InnoDB and MyISAM restores come up clean. Here is how to wire the database add-on on a cPanel host.
2026-05-18
8 min
MySQL Governor modes — when to use abusers, all, or off
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.
2026-05-15