For cPanel & WHM version 66
Overview
The /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file stores all of the settings that exist in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings). You can find more information about the requirements for each value in the Keys and default settings section below.
You can preconfigure your server's settings before you install cPanel & WHM. For instructions for how to preconfigure your server's settings before installation, read our Customize Your Installation documentation.
Cached values
To improve overall performance, the system caches the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file's settings in the cpanel.config.cache
file. This file updates each time that the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file updates, to ensure that the cached settings are up-to-date.
Configuration setting validation
The settings in the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file use the key=value
format. The system validates each key=value
pair whenever you edit this file or change settings in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings ).
If the system encounters problems during validation, it takes the following actions:
Absent cpanel.config file
If the entire /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file does not exist, your server performs the following steps:
- The server copies the contents of the
/etc/cpanel.config
default file and saves it as the/var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file. - The server copies the contents of the
cpanel.config.cache
file, if it is present.- If the system cannot find the
cpanel.config.cache
file, you will receive an email notification. - You can change your email notification settings in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Server Contacts >> Contact Manager).
- If the system cannot find the
- For any dynamic values that are not set, the server attempts to guess the correct value.
- For example, to set the
mailserver
value, the server checks whether your system uses thedovecot
RPM.
- For example, to set the
- The server logs the changes to the
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
file.
Absent values
If one or more keys do not exist in the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file, the server attempts to generate them from the following sources in the following order:
- The server copies the
key=value
pair from thecpanel.config.cache
file, if it exists. - If the key's value is static, and it does not exist in the
cpanel.config.cache
file, the system copies thekey=value
pair from the default value in the/usr/local/cpanel/etc/cpanel.config
file. - If the key's value is dynamic, and it does not exist in the
cpanel.config.cache
file, the server calculates an appropriate value. - The server logs the changes to the
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
file.
Invalid values
If one or more of the following values are invalid in the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file, the server attempts to replace them with a valid value:
mysql-version
local_nameserver_type
mailserver
ftpserver
These variables are deprecated and we will remove them in later versions of cPanel & WHM. If you use them in custom code, update your code to use the rpm.versions system as soon as possible to avoid problems.
For more information, read our The cpanel.config File documentation.
Keys and default settings
The following table lists the keys that the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file stores, their Tweak Settings labels, default values, and validation requirements.
Notes:
- You can find the current cPanel-supplied default values for these keys in the
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/cpanel.config
file. - You must edit keys that do not have an associated Tweak Settings tab and label in the
/var/cpanel/cpanel.config
file.
Key | Tweak Settings equivalent | Default and validation requirements |
---|---|---|
access_log | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the location of cPanel's The cpanel.config File logs, which contains general information about cPanel access requests. | Default: |
account_login_access | Accounts that can access a cPanel user account: | Default: Warning: Only set this key to one of the following values: |
adminuser | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: cpanel |
allow_deprecated_accesshash | Allow deprecated WHM accesshash authentication. Warning:
We deprecated WHM's Remote Access Key feature in cPanel & WHM version 64. We strongly recommend that you use API tokens instead.
| Default: 0 |
allow_login_autocomplete | Allow autocomplete in login screens. | Default: 1 |
allow_server_info_status_from | Allow server-info and server-status | Default: |
allow_weak_checksums | Allow weak checksum schemes. | Default: 0 |
allowcpsslinstall | System Allow cPanel users to install SSL Hosts | Default: 1 |
allowparkhostnamedomainsubdomains | Allow users to park subdomains of the server's hostname. | Default: 0 |
allowparkonothers | Allow cPanel users to create subdomains across accounts | Default: 0 |
allowremotedomains | Allow Remote Domains | Default: 0 |
allowresellershostnamedomainsubdomains | Allow resellers to create accounts with subdomains of the server's hostname. | Default: 0 |
allowunregistereddomains | Allow unregistered domains | Default: 0 |
allowwhmparkonothers | Allow WHM users to create subdomains across accounts | Default: 0 |
alwaysredirecttossl | Choose the closest matched domain for which that the system has a valid certificate when redirecting from non-SSL to SSL URLs. Formerly known as “Always redirect to SSL/TLS” | Default: 1 |
anon_data_optout | System Send anonymous usage data to cPanel | Default: 0 |
apache_port | System Apache non-SSL IP/port | Default: 0.0.0.0:80 |
apache_ssl_port | System Apache SSL port | Default: 0.0.0.0:443 |
api_shell | System cPanel & WHM API shell (for developers) | Default: 0 |
autocreateaentries | Automatically add A entries for registered nameservers when creating a new zone | Default: 1 |
autodiscover_host | Host to publish in the SRV records for Outlook autodiscover support. | Default: cpanelemaildiscovery.cpanel.net
|
autodiscover_mail_service | Preferred mail service to configure to use for Thunderbird and Outlook autodiscover and autoconfig support | Default: imap |
| Thunderbird and Outlook autodiscover and autoconfig support (enables proxy subdomain and SRV record creation) | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and you must perform additional steps if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
awstatsbrowserupdate | Allow users to update Awstats from cPanel | Default: 0 |
awstatsreversedns | Awstats reverse DNS resolution | Default: 0 |
basename | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: cpanel |
bind_deferred_restart_time | System BIND deferred restart time | Default: 0 |
blockcommondomains | Prevent cPanel users from creating specific domains | Default: 1 |
bwcycle | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This value specifies the bandwidth cycle. Note: You can change this value in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Server Configuration >> Statistics Software Configuration). | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
cgiemaildisabled | CGIEmail and CGIEcho Warning: The CGI Center interface (Home >> Software and Services >> CGI Center) only exists in cPanel's deprecated x3 theme. You cannot create new CGI scripts with cPanel's current theme (Paper Lantern), and we strongly discourage the use of the x3 theme. | Default: 0 |
cgihidepass | Hide login password from cgi scripts Warning: The CGI Center interface (Home >> Software and Services >> CGI Center) only exists in cPanel's deprecated x3 theme. You cannot create new CGI scripts with cPanel's current theme (Paper Lantern), and we strongly discourage the use of the x3 theme. | Default: 0 |
check_zone_owner | Check zone owner | Default: 1 |
check_zone_syntax | Check zone syntax | Default: 1 |
chkservd_check_interval | System The number of seconds between ChkServd service checks. | Default: 300 |
chkservd_hang_allowed_intervals | System The number of times ChkServd allows a previous check to complete before termination. | Default: |
chkservd_plaintext_notify | System The option to enable or disable ChkServd HTML notifications. | Default: 0 |
cluster_autodisable_threshold | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: To change this value, use the Failure threshold for cluster members setting in WHM's DNS Cluster interface (Home >> Clusters >> DNS Cluster). | Default: 10 |
cluster_failure_notifications | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: To change this value, select or deselect the Receive a notification when WHM disables an unresponsive cluster member checkbox in WHM's DNS Cluster interface (Home >> Clusters >> DNS Cluster). | Default: 1 |
conserve_memory | System Conserve memory | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and you must perform additional steps if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
cookieipvalidation | Cookie IP validation | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
coredump | Generate core dumps | Default: 0 |
cpaddons_adminemail | cPAddons Site Software admin email | Default: "" (an empty string)
|
cpaddons_autoupdate | cPAddons Site Software source automatic updates | Default: 1 |
cpaddons_max_moderation_req_all_mod | Max cPAddons Site Software installation requests | Default: 99 |
cpaddons_max_moderation_req_per_mod | Max cPAddons Site Software installation requests per addon | Default: 99 |
cpaddons_moderation_request | cPAddons Site Software moderation notification | Default: 0 |
cpaddons_no_3rd_party | Allow cPAddons Site Software installations from non-cPanel sources | Default: 0 |
cpaddons_no_modified_cpanel | Allow cPAddons Site Software installations from modified sources | Default: 1 |
cpaddons_notify_owner | Notify reseller of cPAddons Site Software installations | Default: 1 |
cpaddons_notify_root | Notify root of cPAddons Site Software installations | Default: 1 |
cpaddons_notify_users | Notify cPanel users when they need to update their cPAddons Site Software installations | Default:
|
cpanel_locale | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: undef |
cpredirect | Non-SSL redirect destination | Default: Origin Domain Name |
cpredirectssl | SSL redirect destination | Default: SSL Certificate Name |
cpsrvd-domainlookup | System cpsrvd username domain lookup | Default: 0 |
create_account_dkim | Enable DKIM on domains for newly created accounts | Default: 1 |
create_account_spf | Enable SPF on domains for newly created accounts Note: The | Default: Note: On servers that run CentOS 7, you may see a
|
cycle_hours | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting adjusts the frequency with which your server processes logs. Note: You can change this value in WHM's Statistics Schedule Configuration interface ( Home >> Server Configuration >> Statistics Software Configuration ). | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
database_prefix | Require a username prefix on names of new databases and database users | Default: 1 |
debughooks | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Warning: This setting acts as a fallback setting for the values in the | Default:
|
default_archive-logs | Archive logs in the user's home directory at the end of each stats run unless configured by the user. | Default: 1 |
default_login_theme | Default login theme | Default: cpanel |
default_remove-old-archived-logs | Remove the previous month's archived logs from the user's home directory at the end of each month unless configured by the user. | Default: 1 |
defaultmailaction | Initial default/catch-all forwarder destination | Default: localuser |
disable-php-as-reseller-security | Allow PHP to be run when logged in as a reseller to WHM | Default: 0 |
disablequotacache | System Cache disk quota information | Default: 0 |
disk_usage_include_mailman | Include mailman in disk usage calculations | Default: 1 |
disk_usage_include_sqldbs | Include databases in disk usage calculations | Default: 1 |
dnsadmin_log | Log dnsadmin requests | Default: 0 |
dnsadmin_verbose_sync | Enable verbose logging of DNS zone syncing | Default: 0 |
dnsadminapp | DNS request management application | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
dnslookuponconnect | System Reverse DNS lookup upon connect | Default: 0 |
docroot | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the document root for WHM. | Default: /usr/local/cpanel/base |
domainowner_mail_pass | Mail authentication via domain owner password | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and additional steps are required if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
dormant_services | Dormant services | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and additional steps are required if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
dumplogs | Delete each domain's access logs after statistics are gathered | Default: 1 |
email_account_quota_default_selected | Default quota option for new email accounts | Default: userdefined |
email_account_quota_userdefined_default_value | Default user-defined quota value for new email accounts | Default: 250 |
email_send_limits_count_mailman | Count mailman deliveries towards a domain's Max hourly emails. | Default: 0 |
email_send_limits_defer_cutoff | The percentage of email messages (above the account's hourly maximum) to queue and retry for delivery. | Default: 125 |
email_send_limits_max_defer_fail_percentage | Maximum percentage of failed or deferred messages a domain may send per hour | Default: undef |
email_send_limits_min_defer_fail_to_trigger_protection | Number of failed or deferred messages a domain may send before protections can be triggered | Default: 5 |
emailarchive | Enable Email Archiving support | Default: 0 |
emailpasswords | Send passwords when creating a new account | Default: 0 |
emailsperdaynotify | Number of emails a domain may send per day before the system sends a notification | Default: unlimited |
emailusers_diskusage_critical_contact_admin | Notify admin or reseller when disk quota reaches "critical" state | Default: |
emailusers_diskusage_critical_percent | Account disk quota "critical" percentage | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
emailusers_diskusage_full_contact_admin | Notify admin or reseller when disk quota reaches "full" state | Default: |
emailusers_diskusage_full_percent | Account disk quota "full" percentage | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
emailusers_diskusage_warn_contact_admin | Notify admin or reseller when disk quota reaches "warn" state | Default:
|
emailusers_diskusage_warn_percent | Account disk quota "warn" percentage | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
emailusers_mailbox_critical_percent | Account disk quota "critical" percentage | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
emailusers_mailbox_full_percent | Mailbox disk quota "full" percentage | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
emailusers_mailbox_warn_percent | Mailbox disk quota "warn" percentage | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
emailusersbandwidthexceed | Send bandwidth limit notification emails | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed70 | Bandwidth usage warning: 70% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed75 | Bandwidth usage warning: 75% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed80 | Bandwidth usage warning: 80% | Default: 1 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed85 | Bandwidth usage warning: 85% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed90 | Bandwidth usage warning: 90% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed95 | Bandwidth usage warning: 95% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed97 | Bandwidth usage warning: 97% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed98 | Bandwidth usage warning: 98% | Default: 0 |
emailusersbandwidthexceed99 | Bandwidth usage warning: 99% | Default: 0 |
empty_trash_days | Age of content to purge from users' File Manager Trash | Default: disabled |
enablecompileroptimizations | System Enable optimizations for the C compiler | Default: 0 |
enable_piped_logs | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: To change this value, select or deselect the Enable Piped Apache Logs checkbox in the Piped Log Configuration section of WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Service Configuration >> Apache Configuration). | Default: 0 |
enablefileprotect | Enable File Protect | Default: 1 |
engine | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the name of the cPanel binary. | Default: cpanel |
enginepl | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the name of the cPanel | Default:
cpanel.pl
|
engineroot | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the location of the cPanel binary. | Default: /usr/local/cpanel |
exim_retention_days | The interval, in days, to retain Exim stats in the database | Default: 30 |
exim-retrytime | Email delivery retry time | Default: 60 |
eximmailtrap | Track email origin via X-Source email headers | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and additional steps are required if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
extracpus | Extra CPUs for server load | Default: 0 |
file_upload_max_bytes | System Max HTTP submission size | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
file_upload_must_leave_bytes | System File upload required free space | Default: 5 |
file_usage | Display File Usage information in the cPanel stats bar (inode count) | Default: 0 |
ftppasslogs | Include password in the raw log download link in cPanel (via FTP). | Default: 0 |
ftpquotacheck_expire_time | System Interval, in days, between rebuilds of the FTP quota and disk usage data (applies to Pure-FTPd only) | Default: 30 |
ftpserver | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can select an FTP server in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Service Configuration >> FTP Server Selection). | Default: Warning:
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global_dcv_rewrite_exclude | Use a Global DCV rewrite exclude instead of .htaccess modification (requires Apache 2.4+, EA4) Note: This setting only applies to systems that run EasyApache 4 and Apache 2.4 or newer. | Default: 0 |
gzip_compression_level | gzip compression level | Default: 6 |
gzip_pigz_block_size | Number of kilobyte chunks per compression work unit | Default: 4096 |
gzip_pigz_processes | Number of pigz processes | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and additional steps are required if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
htaccess_check_recurse | System Depth to recurse for .htaccess checks | Default: 2 |
ignoredepreciated | System Enable legacy warnings | Default: 0 |
invite_sub | Account Invites for Subaccounts | Default: On |
ionice_bandwidth_processing | System I/O priority level at which bandwidth usage is processed | Default: 4 |
ionice_cpbackup | System I/O priority level at which nightly backups are run | Default: 3 |
ionice_dovecot_maintenance | I/O priority level at which dovecot_maintenance is run | Default: 7 |
ionice_email_archive_maintenance | System I/O priority level at which email_archive_maintenance is run | Default: 6 |
ionice_ftpquotacheck | System I/O priority level at which FTP quota checks are run (when Pure-FTPd is enabled) | Default: 6 |
ionice_log_processing | System I/O priority level at which stats logs are processed | Default: 4 |
ionice_quotacheck | System I/O priority level at which quota checks are run | Default: 6 |
ionice_userbackup | System I/O priority level at which cPanel-generated backups are run | Default: 5 |
ionice_userproc | System I/O priority level for user-initiated processes | Default: 5 |
ipv6_control | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: |
ipv6_listen | Listen on IPv6 Addresses | Default: |
jailapache | EXPERIMENTAL: Jail Apache Virtual Hosts using mod_ruid2 and cPanel® jailshell. | Default: 0 |
jaildefaultshell | System Use cPanel® jailshell by default | Default: 0 |
jailmountbinsuid | System Jailed /bin mounted suid Note: This setting has no effect on servers that run CentOS, CloudLinux™, or Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 7. | Default: |
jailmountusrbinsuid | System Jailed /usr/bin mounted suid | Default: 0 |
jailprocmode | System Jailed /proc mount method | Default: mount_proc_jailed_fallback_full |
keepftplogs | Keep master FTP log file | Default: 0 |
keeplogs | Keep log files at the end of the month | Default: 0 |
keepstatslog | Keep stats logs | Default: 0 |
loadthreshold | Critical load threshold | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and additional steps are required if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
local_nameserver_type | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies your nameserver's type. Note: You can change this value in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection). | Default: Warning:
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logchmod | Apache log file chmod value | Default: 640 |
log_successful_logins | Log successful logins | Default: 0 |
logout_redirect_url | Logout redirection URL | Default: "" (an empty string) |
mailbox_storage_format | The storage format for new accounts | Default: maildir |
mailserver | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: Warning:
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maintenance_rpm_version_check | Maintenance cPanel RPM Check | Default: 1 |
maintenance_rpm_version_digest_check | Maintenance cPanel RPM Digest Check | Default: 1 |
maxcpsrvdconnections | System Max cPanel/WHM/Webmail service handlers | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
maxemailsperhour | Max hourly emails per domain | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
maxmem | System Max cPanel process memory | Default: Note: This value is dynamic. |
minpwstrength | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can specify the minimum strength for cPanel users' passwords in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Password Strength Configuration). | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
modsec_keep_hits | The number of days to keep records of ModSecurity™ rule hits. (Use zero to keep forever). | Default: 7 |
mycnf_auto_adjust_maxallowedpacket | Allow cPanel & WHM to determine the best value for your MySQL max_allowed_packet configuration? | Default: 1 |
mycnf_auto_adjust_openfiles_limit | Allow cPanel & WHM to determine the best value for your MySQL open_files_limit configuration | Default: 1 |
mycnf_auto_adjust_innodb_buffer_pool_size
| Allow cPanel & WHM to determine the best value for your MySQL innodb_buffer_pool_size configuration | Default: 1 |
myname | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: cpaneld |
mysql-version | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can upgrade to a new MySQL version in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Software >> MariaDB/MySQL Upgrade ). | Default: Warning:
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mysql-host | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can specify a remote MySQL host in WHM's Remote MySQL interface (Home >> Databases >> Remote MySQL). | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and additional steps are required if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
mysqldebug | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: 0 |
nobodyspam | Prevent "nobody" from sending mail | Default: 0 |
nocpbackuplogs | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can modify this setting in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Server Configuration >> Statistics Software Configuration). | Default:
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nosendlangupdates | System Send language file changes to cPanel. | Default: 0 |
numacctlist | Number of accounts per page to display in "List Accounts". | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
overwritecustomproxysubdomains | Overwrite custom A records used for proxy subdomains | Default: 0 |
overwritecustomsrvrecords | Overwrite custom SRV records used by Outlook AutoDiscover support | Default: 0 |
permit_appconfig_entries_without_acls | This setting allows WHM applications and addons to execute even if an ACL list has not been defined. | Default: 0 |
permit_appconfig_entries_without_features | This setting allows cPanel and Webmail applications and addons to execute even if a feature list has not been defined. | Default: 0 |
permit_unregistered_apps_as_reseller | Allow apps that have not registered with AppConfig to be run when logged in as a reseller to WHM. | Default: 0 |
permit_unregistered_apps_as_root | Allow apps that have not registered with AppConfig to be run when logged in as root or a reseller with the "all" ACL in WHM. | Default: 0 |
php_max_execution_time | cPanel PHP max execution time | Default: 90 |
php_post_max_size | cPanel PHP max POST size | Default: 55 |
php_system_default_version | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Notes:
| Default: ea-php56 |
php_upload_max_filesize | cPanel PHP max upload size | Default: 50 |
phploader | cPanel PHP loader | Default: "" (an empty string) |
phpopenbasedirhome | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can enable or disable this setting in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> PHP open_basedir Tweak). | Default: 0 |
pma_disableis | Enable phpMyAdmin information schema searches | Default: 0 |
popbeforesmtp | Mail | Default: 0 |
popbeforesmtpsenders | Add X-PopBeforeSMTP header for mail sent via POP-before-SMTP | Default: 0 |
postgresdebug | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: 0 |
product | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: cPanel |
proxysubdomains | Proxy subdomains | Default: Warning: This value is dynamic, and you must perform additional steps if you wish to update the value manually. We recommend that you modify this value through the cPanel & WHM interface. |
proxysubdomainsfornewaccounts | Proxy subdomain creation | Default: 1 |
proxysubdomainsoverride | Proxy subdomain override | Default: 1 |
publichtmlsubsonly | Restrict document roots to public_html | Default: 0 |
query_apache_for_nobody_senders | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the Query Apache server status to determine the sender of email sent from processes running as nobody option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Exim Configuration Manager ). | |
referrerblanksafety | Blank referrer safety check | Default: 0 |
referrersafety | Referrer safety check | Default: 0 |
remotewhmtimeout | System Remote WHM timeout | Default: 35 |
repquota_timeout | System Disk usage/quota bailout time | Default: 60 |
requiressl | Require SSL | Default: 1 |
resetpass | System Reset Password for cPanel accounts | Default: 0 |
resetpass_sub | System Reset Password for cPanel Subaccounts | Default: On |
root | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the location of the cPanel | Default: /usr/local/cpanel |
rotatelogs_size_threshhold_in_megabytes | Log rotation size threshold | Default: 300 |
roundcube_db | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies which type of database the Roundcube webmail application uses. | Default: mysql |
rpmupdate_allow_kernel | Enable Linux kernel update during nightly maintenance | Default: Off |
SecurityPolicy::PasswordAge | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the Password Age option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Configure Security Policies) and may not appear in this file until you enable it. | Default: 0 |
SecurityPolicy::PasswordStrength | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the Password Strength option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Configure Security Policies) and may not appear in this file until you enable it. | Default: 0 |
SecurityPolicy::SourceIPCheck | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the Limit logins to verified IP addresses. option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Configure Security Policies) and may not appear in this file until you enable it. | Default: 0 |
SecurityPolicy::TwoFactorAuth | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the Two-Factor Authentication option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Configure Security Policies) and may not appear in this file until you enable it. | Default: 0 |
SecurityPolicy::dnsclustering | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the DNS Cluster Requests option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Configure Security Policies) and may not appear in this file until you enable it. | Default: 0 |
SecurityPolicy::xml-api | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Notes:
| Default: 0 |
send_error_reports | Send error reports to cPanel for analysis | Default: 1 |
send_server_configuration | Send information about server configuration to cPanel for analysis | Default: 1 |
send_server_usage | Send information about server usage to cPanel for analysis | Default: 0 |
server_locale | System Server Locale | Default: en |
showwhmbwusageinmegs | Show bandwidth usage in megabytes by default in WHM | Default: 0 |
signature_validation | Signature validation on assets downloaded from cPanel & WHM mirrors. | Default: Off |
skip_chkservd_recovery_notify | System The option to enable or disable ChkServd recovery notifications. | Default: 0 |
skipanalog | Enable Analog stats | Default: 0 |
skipapacheclientsoptimizer | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: 0 |
skipawstats | Enable Awstats stats | Default: |
skipboxcheck | Enable mailbox usage warnings | Default: 1 |
skipboxtrapper | Enable BoxTrapper spam trap | Default: 0 |
skipbwlimitcheck | Bandwidth limit check | Default: 0 |
skipchkservd | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the ChkServd option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skipcpbandwd | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: 0 |
skipdiskcheck | Disk quota usage warnings | Default: 0 |
skipdiskusage | System disk space usage warnings | Default: 0 |
skipeximstats | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the Eximstats option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skiphorde | Default: 0 | |
skiphttpauth | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: 0 |
skipjailmanager | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the JailManager option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skipmailauthoptimizer | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the MailAuthOptimizer option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skipmailman | Enable Mailman mailing lists | Default: 0 |
skipmodseclog | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the RecentAuthedMailIpTracker option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skipoomcheck | Out of memory warnings. | Default: On |
skipnotifyacctbackupfailure | System Send a notification when a user's backup has errors | Default: 0 |
skipparentcheck | System Allow other applications to run the cPanel and admin binaries | Default: 0 |
skiprecentauthedmailiptracker | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the ModSecLog option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skiproundcube | Enable Roundcube webmail | Default: 0 |
skipspamassassin | Enable Apache SpamAssassin™ spam filter | Default: 0 |
skipspambox | Enable Apache SpamAssassin™ Spam Box delivery for messages marked as spam (user configurable). | Default: 1 |
skipsqmail | Enable SquirrelMail webmail | Default: 0 |
skiptailwatchd | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: This setting indicates whether you enabled the tailwatchd option in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface ( Home >> Service Configuration >> Service Manager ). | Default: 0 |
skipwebalizer | Enable Webalizer stats | Default: 0 |
smtpmailgidonly | Restrict outgoing SMTP to root, exim, and mailman (FKA SMTP Tweak) | Default: 0 |
statsloglevel | Stats log level | Default: 1 |
stats_log | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting specifies the location of the | Default: /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log |
statthreshhold | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: Note: If an account's available disk space is less than the amount that this value specifies, the system does not process statistics for the account. |
system_diskusage_critical_percent | Account system disk usage "critical" percentage | Default: 92.55 |
system_diskusage_warn_percent | Account system disk usage "warn" percentage | Default: 82.55 |
tcp_check_failure_threshold | System ChkServd TCP check failure threshold | Default: Note: When your server validates the |
transfers_timeout | System Number of seconds an SSH connection related to an account transfer may be inactive before timing out | Default: 300 |
tweak_unset_vars | No Tweak Settings equivalent. This setting determines which items appear with a warning icon in the Tweak Settings interface. The warning icon indicates that you have not set the value since the last time cPanel & WHM automatically configured it. For example, if the system set a configuration to the default value due to an absent value. | No default value. Note: The system only uses this value internally. |
upcp_log_retention_days | Number of days to retain upcp logs before purging them | Default: 45 |
update_log_analysis_retention_length | Update analysis retention interval | Default: 90 |
use_apache_md5_for_htaccess | Use MD5 passwords with Apache | Default: 1 |
use_information_schema | Use INFORMATION_SCHEMA to acquire MySQL disk usage (MySQL 5+ required) | Default: 1 |
useauthnameservers | Always use authoritative (registered) nameservers when creating a new DNS zone. | Default: 0 |
usemailformailmanurl | Prefix "mail." onto Mailman URLs | Default: 0 |
usemysqloldpass | Use pre-4.1-style MySQL® passwords | Default: 0 |
userdirprotect | No Tweak Settings equivalent. Note: You can enable or disable this setting in WHM's The cpanel.config File interface (Home >> Security Center >> Apache mod_userdir Tweak). | Default: 0 |
verify_3rdparty_cpaddons | Verify signatures of 3rdparty cPaddons. | Default: 0 |
version | No Tweak Settings equivalent. | Default: 3.4 |
Additional documentation
The cpanel.config File — This interface allows you to configure many cPanel & WHM settings.
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