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DNSDNS outage checklist for small businessesA DNS outage checklist for small businesses covering registrar status, nameservers, A records, MX records, TTL, propagation, SSL, and recent changes.
DatabasesHow to recover MySQL using PerconaA practical guide to recovering MySQL or MariaDB with Percona XtraBackup: prepare the backup, restore the datadir, fix permissions, and verify the server.
EmailHow to migrate email from the command line with imapsyncA practical command-line imapsync guide for migrating email between IMAP servers, including dry runs, folder checks, passwords, reruns, cutover, and verification.
EmailWhat to do when cPanel email stops workingA practical checklist for cPanel email outages covering DNS, MX records, Exim, Dovecot, mail queues, SSL, mailbox storage, and authentication.
Email deliverabilityWhy your SPF record is failingCommon reasons SPF records fail, including too many DNS lookups, missing senders, bad includes, duplicate SPF records, and mail provider migration issues.
MigrationcPanel migration checklistA cPanel migration checklist covering backups, DNS TTL, mailboxes, databases, SSL, PHP versions, account restores, testing, and rollback planning.
SecurityHow to tell if WordPress is hackedSigns a WordPress site is hacked, including redirects, spam pages, unknown admins, modified files, browser warnings, and suspicious plugins.
WordPressRestore .wpress archives through cPanelSee how the open-source WPress Restore for cPanel plugin turns .wpress extraction, database provisioning, URL migration, and live progress into one guarded workflow.
Open-source tools behind the guides
Several of these runbooks became software. StePanel handles validated cPanel archive migrations, MailSwiftSync plans and verifies bulk IMAP migrations on top of imapsync, and WayExpand is a Wayland text expander for the people who type the same commands all day.