VMware : SNMP service continuously crashing

If you are suffering from continuous and/or intermittent SNMP service issues with the following behavior ; SNMP stop responding randomly (stop/start required every now and then) ; The following error is shown in the logs : Unknown: out of memory [2296311] Then you are most likely running vSphere ESXi v6.7 early version.  This is a… Read More »

cPanel : FTP Accounts option missing

If your cPanel accounts are missing the “FTP Accounts” option, there are four common factors that can cause this and with the suggested approach for each possible issues below, in order : 1. FTP Accounts is disabled in the account “Features / CPaddons” ; Go to WHM > Packages > Feature Manager and select the… Read More »

Linux : OpenVPN error can’t find module ‘pyovpn’ after upgrading Debian 10 to 11

If you were running OpenVPN 2.x on Debian 10 successfully and it suddently broke with the following error after upgrading to Debian 11 : Oct 21 11:34:12 ovpnserver openvpnas[32211]: Traceback (most recent call last): Oct 21 11:34:12 ovpnserver openvpnas[32211]: File “<string>”, line 1, in <module> Oct 21 11:34:12 ovpnserver openvpnas[32211]: File “<frozen zipimport>”, line 241,… Read More »

Linux : cPanel install error Can’t locate lib.pm in @INC

Running into the following error installing cPanel on a new AlmaLinux server? perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (“C”). Can’t locate lib.pm in @INC (you may need to install the lib module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.32 /usr/local/share/perl5/5.32 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5) at /home/cPanelInstall/selfgz41082/install line 17. BEGIN failed–compilation aborted at /home/cPanelInstall/selfgz41082/install line 17. This is… Read More »

JunOS : How to install a Certificate Authority issued SSL on jWeb

If you are into jWeb, here is how to install a Certificate Authority issued certificate to your JunOS device for jWeb interface. 1. Create a PEM bundle of your CA issued certificate (private key followed by the certificate) 2. Place the certificate on the device filesystem a. Using the shell, “vi /var/tmp/hostname.domain.tld.pem” b. Using SFTP… Read More »

VMware : Transfer failed: The OVF descriptor is not available

Encountering the following error while importing OVF template in vCenter? Transfer failed: The OVF descriptor is not available This is usually caused by file corruption. Either the source template is corrupted, or the corruption occurred in transit between the source and vCenter. Try first reimporting again, if failing, check md5sum signature if available, re-export the… Read More »

Linux : MySQL/MariaDB Invalid (old?) table or database name ‘lost+found’

Encountering the following error in your Linux syslog/message or mysql error log? mariadbd[16354]: 2023-09-08 22:36:13 2520 [ERROR] Invalid (old?) table or database name ‘lost+found’ mariadbd[16354]: message repeated 3 times: [ 2023-09-08 22:36:13 2520 [ERROR] Invalid (old?) table or database name ‘lost+found’] This is most likely because your MySQL/MariaDB database folder (eg: /var/lib/mysql) is within a… Read More »

Linux : cPanel – The service “mailman” appears to be down

Receiving the following alert/error from your cPanel server? The service “mailman” appears to be down. Try first to manually restart the service from WHM, or by SSH using the following command : /scripts/restartsrv_mailman You’ll most likely end up with the following error/output : [root@hostname root]# /scripts/restartsrv_mailman Waiting for “mailman” to start ……info [restartsrv_mailman] systemd failed… Read More »

JunOS : ERROR: Package signature validation failed. Aborting install.

The following error may occur during the JunOS software upgrade process : [Jul 28 15:11:32]: Checking pending install on fpc0 fpc0: Verify the signature of the new package verify-sig: cannot validate certs.pem certificate is not yet valid: /C=US/ST=CA/L=Sunnyvale/O=Juniper Networks/OU=Juniper CA/CN=PackageProductionSHA1RSACA/emailAddress=ca@juniper.net ERROR: Package signature validation failed. Aborting install. This is usually a sign that your Juniper… Read More »

Linux : CloudLinux Yum could not load PEM client certificate

The following error may occur when runnong “yum update” on a new installation of CloudLinux from official ISO : CloudLinux-8 – Gradual Rollout Slot 1 0.0 B/s | 0 B 00:00 Errors during downloading metadata for repository ‘cloudlinux-rollout-1’: – Curl error (58): Problem with the local SSL certificate for https://rollout.cloudlinux.com/slot-1/8/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml [could not load PEM client… Read More »