Is it hard to disable functions in cpanel?

Nigel · Jan 25, 2017

I was thinking about just using cpanel for a VPS or dedicated server that I will be getting soon. When I was reading on some websites they said that you can disable unwanted functions in cpanel but they didn't say how.

Is it hard to disable functions in cpanel?

Is this easy to do?

gagah · Jan 25, 2017

Nigel said:
I was thinking about just using cpanel for a VPS or dedicated server that I will be getting soon. When I was reading on some websites they said that you can disable unwanted functions in cpanel but they didn't say how.

Is it hard to disable functions in cpanel?

Is this easy to do?

No it's not hard, anything that's related to cpanel is well documented and pretty much point and click. I'd be more worried about configuring and hardening the server itself rather than dealing with cPanel to be honest.

WPCycle · Jan 25, 2017

I will also agree with not using cPanel.

In terms of holes...that's more of a security issue of how well the server is secured. With or without a panel, there can be issues if not done properly.

But with cPanel..if the needs can be met without it. Not only does it save you money...but installing the services you need is more efficient than having everything installed, and the taken them back out. At times cPanel may "complain" when things are taken out.

Nigel · Jan 26, 2017

gagah said:
No it's not hard, anything that's related to cpanel is well documented and pretty much point and click. I'd be more worried about configuring and hardening the server itself rather than dealing with cPanel to be honest.

Thanks for the help. I have been looking into the configuring and hardening aspects and there is a lot more to learn than I thought that there would be. Hopefully I will get it figured out. Any advice on where to start learning about the best practices for these?

WPCycle said:
I will also agree with not using cPanel.

In terms of holes...that's more of a security issue of how well the server is secured. With or without a panel, there can be issues if not done properly.

But with cPanel..if the needs can be met without it. Not only does it save you money...but installing the services you need is more efficient than having everything installed, and the taken them back out. At times cPanel may "complain" when things are taken out.

I have been looking at what security measures need to be looked into and taken care of. Any advice as to where to start looking?

HostYourNet-DR · Jan 26, 2017

Are you try in general to just harden the server down from attacks?.

Or you looking to stop unwanted services that you dont need to use within cPanel?

24x7CSM · Jan 27, 2017

Which functions are you looking to disable with the cpanel ?

Nigel · Jan 31, 2017

HostYourNet-DR said:
Are you try in general to just harden the server down from attacks?.

Or you looking to stop unwanted services that you dont need to use within cPanel?

A little of both I guess. Are there certain things that should always be disabled in general or is it just basically depending on each persons needs? I mean are there certain things that should be disabled by default unless they are needed?

gagah said:
At first it's best to follow your OS guidelines, for example debian & centos both have a hardening guidelines on their site. But if you want something quick & fast, using tutorials provided by VPS providers will do just fine for basic hardening. Like this for example: https://www.linode.com/docs/security/securing-your-server

I didn't know they had hardening guidelines on their sites. Would those be in the support sections or should I just search Google?

gagah · Jan 31, 2017

Nigel said:
I didn't know they had hardening guidelines on their sites. Would those be in the support sections or should I just search Google?

Centos:

https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/OS_Protection

Debian:

https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening

There's also tools such as Lynis (https://cisofy.com/lynis/) to audit the security of your servers. You need to have knowledge of what you're changing if you're following recomendations from Lynis though, some of their recommendations might break something on your server.

Nigel · Feb 1, 2017

gagah said:
There's also tools such as Lynis (https://cisofy.com/lynis/) to audit the security of your servers. You need to have knowledge of what you're changing if you're following recomendations from Lynis though, some of their recommendations might break something on your server.

Thanks. I haven't heard of these before. Are these tools free or paid?

HostYourNet-DR said:
I would also block ports that you do not needs within the CPanel firewall or the OS firewall.
As cPanel has a list of the port that it uses for all hosting types and just block the rest.
I do that so I've had little errors.

Thanks. Is that list on the cpanel website or in the cpanel control panel itself?

HostYourNet-DR · Feb 3, 2017

WPCycle,

That is completely correct the reason i have it open still if so i have clients that use SFTP and require current normal FYP ports to be left open in order for it to work.

I've blocked the non SSL cPanel ports and also told if they try to redirect to the cPanel SSL ones

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