How do I Flush the cPHulk Database?

 

Flushing the cPHulk Database will allow you to login to your hosting account (if you have been blocked by the Brute Force protection system that cPanel has started using since its 11.24 version. To complete this, please follow the below steps:

  1. Login to your SSH (This information is going to be in your welcome email)
  2. Obtain your MySQL root password by doing:

    # cat /root/.my.cnf

  3. Copy the MySQL root password, and don't forget it!
  4. Now, copy / paste this command into your SSH window:

    echo "delete from brutes; delete from logins;" | mysql -uroot -p cphulkd

  5. You will be prompted for a MySQL password, this password is the same password as you obtained in step 3, please enter this password and done!
  6. You should now be able to login via your web browser to the cPanel / WHM system.

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