This interface lists your server's services, and allows you to enable and monitor them.
Notes:
- Select the appropriate Enabled checkbox to enable a service.
- Select the appropriate Monitor checkbox to monitor a service via the cPanel Interface.
- To monitor a service, you must first enable it.
tailwatchd (TailWatch Drivers)
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TailWatch Driver
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Description
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| ChkServd |
This driver monitors the services that you configure in the Service Manager interface.
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| Eximstats | This driver tracks Exim mail statistics. The Eximstats driver maintains the email bandwidth logs, limits email usage, and populates data for the Mail Delivery Reports system. |
| JailManager |
This driver manages the jailshells that the EXPERIMENTAL: Jail Apache Virtual Hosts using mod_ruid2 and cPanel® jailshell option in WHM's Tweak Settings interface (Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings) uses. TheJailManager driver updates each user's jailshell with the Note: If the EXPERIMENTAL: Jail Apache Virtual Hosts using mod_ruid2 and cPanel® jailshell option is disabled, the system disables the JailManager option. |
| ModSecLog | This driver parses the ModSecurity™ audit log and stores the information in the modsec database. |
| RecentAuthedMailIpTracker | This driver tracks the IP addresses for recently-authenticated IMAP and POP3 sessions. |
| cPBandwd | This driver generates the bandwidth logs for the IMAP and POP3 mail services. |
Service daemons
Note:
The server's installed services determine which daemons this interface displays.
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Service
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Description
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| ClamAV Daemon | This daemon enables Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV). ClamAV is an antivirus software toolkit that is available for cPanel & WHM installations. For more information, read our Configure ClamAV Scanner documentation. |
| PHP-FPM service for cPanel Daemons |
In cPanel & WHM version 54, we added the PHP-FPM implementation to the
This service logs errors and unusually slow script performance in the following locations:
Note: This service will accelerate a maximum of concurrent 10 processes per user. |
| cPanel DAV Daemon | This daemon enables a set of HTTP extensions that allow users to manage their websites remotely. Leave this daemon active if you plan to host other people’s websites on your web server. |
| cPanel Greylisting Daemon | This daemon manages Greylisting, a service that protects your server against spam from sources that your server does not recognize. For more information, read our Greylisting documentation. |
| cPHulk Daemon | This daemon manages cPHulk Brute Force Protection. |
| Cron Daemon | The cron scheduling daemon. For more information, read our Cron Jobs documentation. |
| cPanel DNS Admin Cache | dnsadmin runs as a standalone daemon. This improves speed, but increases it memory usage. Deselect this option if you wish to use multiple dnsadmin processes for zone-related actions. |
| Exim Mail Server |
The SMTP mail server daemon is the part of your mail server that sends and receives mail. We recommend that you monitor and enable this feature for most servers. Warning: If you disable this service, the following options do not appear in the Mail section of WHM's Tweak Settings interface (Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings):
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| Exim Mail Server (on another port) |
By default, Exim listens to the following ports:
This option allows you to configure Exim to listen to an additional port. Note: In the text box, enter the additional port number on which you wish to allow Exim to run. |
| FTP Server |
The FTP server daemon runs your FTP server. Enable this feature if you plan to host other people’s websites on your web server. Important: We strongly recommend that you monitor this feature. |
| Apache Web Server | The Apache web server daemon handles HTTP requests from visitors. Enable this feature to host websites with your web server. |
| IMAP Server |
The IMAP daemon for Dovecot handles how your users download their mail. Important: We strongly recommend that you monitor this daemon. For more information, read our IMAP vs. POP3 documentation. |
| IP Aliases | This feature allows you to add more than one IP address to your network adapter. Use this configuration to run multiple connections on a single network, where each connection serves an additional purpose. |
| Mailman | The Mailman mailing list manager allows your users to create a single email address to send mail to multiple email addresses. For more information, read our Mailing Lists documentation. |
| MySQL Server |
The MySQL® database server handles database queries. If you plan to host any content management systems or applications that require a database, enable this feature or the Important: We recommend that you monitor this daemon. The system does not monitor this daemon by default. |
| DNS Server |
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND), NSD, or MyDNS daemon runs the nameservers. Note: You should only enable this daemon if you wish to use your own nameservers. For more information, read ourNameserver Selection documentation. |
| Name Service Cache Daemon |
This daemon manages a cache for name service requests. Important: We strongly recommend that you only enable this service on servers with at least 1,000 MB of available memory. |
| Passive OS Fingerprinting Daemon | The Passive OS Fingerprinting daemon (p0f) reports the visitor's operating system and other information for email notifications. This information helps you quickly identify visitors that trigger events that cause alerts. |
| POP3 Server |
The POP3 daemon handles how your users will download their mail. Warning: We strongly recommend that you monitor this daemon. The system does not monitor this daemon by default. |
| PostgresSQL Server |
The PostgreSQL® database server handles database queries. If you plan to host any content management systems or applications that require a database, enable this feature or the |
| Apache SpamAssassin™ | The Apache SpamAssassin™ daemon attempts to filter spam messages. If you disable this daemon, make sure that you also disable it in WHM's Tweak Settings interface (Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings). |
| SSH Daemon | The secure shell (SSH) daemon allows users to connect to your server in a terminal session via SSH. |
| rsyslog System Logger Daemon |
The system log daemon monitors your web server and logs the system activity. Important: We strongly recommend that you enable this daemon. |
