Hello,

For taking backup of you database you have to make sure that you database is good enough. with shell access you can take the database backup in .sql format with following command

#mysqldump user_databasename > database.sql

As you are having database backup and want to restore it then use following command

#mysql user_databasename

To stop other sites directly linking to your images and media files and stealing your bandwidth You need to add following code in your .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www.)?domain.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|wmv)$ http://www.domain.com/image.jpg [R,NC]

Note: replace your website with domain.com

For installing the SSL certificate you need to have a dedicated IP Address, and make sure that your domain is registred domain name and resolving perfectly

Step 1: You need to generate CSR (certificate signing request ) from your webhost nameger. which required following information.

———————————–
- Host to make cert for:
- Country(2 letter Abbreviation):
- State:
- City:
- Company Name:
- Company Division:
- Email:
- Password:
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Also please create This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (replace yourdomain.com with the domain that you want the SSL certificate to be setup for)

How to install and configure the CSF (configserver) firewall.

CSF can be used on a wide range of Linux systems, including those running cPanel. Following are the steps to install and configure the CSF.

Installation is quite straightforward:

rm -fv csf.tgz

wget http://www.configserver.com/free/csf.tgz
tar -xzf csf.tgz
cd csf
sh install.sh

If you would like to disable APF+BFD (which you will need to do if you have
them installed otherwise they will conflict horribly):

sh disable_apf_bfd.sh

That’s it. You can then configure csf and lfd in WHM, or edit the files
directly in /etc/csf/*

csf is preconfigured to work on a cPanel server with all the standard cPanel
ports open. It also auto-configu