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Update README to reflect launcher cleanup and recent optimizations

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Changes to README.md:

Updated Usage Examples:
- Replaced outdated multi-level menu paths with new streamlined structure
- Updated to match new 6-category main menu (1-6 numbering)
- Simplified navigation instructions
- Listed actual options available in each category

Updated Key Features:
- Security & Threat Analysis → Security & Monitoring
- Added "Optimized Status Checks" feature
- Listed all 14 actual security tools available
- Removed references to removed phantom features

Updated Recent Updates Section:
- Renamed to v2.1 (from v2.2)
- Added "December 2025 - Major Cleanup & Optimization" section
- Documented launcher streamline (90+ items removed, 64% code reduction)
- Documented performance optimizations (cached status checks)
- Documented MySQL restore tool features
- Listed actual implemented features by category:
  - Security & Monitoring: 14 tools
  - Website Diagnostics: 3 tools
  - Performance Analysis: 5 tools
  - Backup & Recovery: 11 tools
- Updated module counts to reflect reality (41 instead of 38)
- Removed references to unimplemented features

Key Improvements:
- README now accurately reflects what actually exists
- No more confusion about phantom features
- Clear tool counts for each category
- Updated navigation paths match new launcher
- Performance improvements documented
- All December 2025 updates included
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## ✨ Key Features ## ✨ Key Features
### 🛡️ Security & Threat Analysis ### 🛡️ Security & Monitoring
- **3-Mode Security Menu**: Analysis / Actions / Live Monitoring - **Bot & Traffic Analyzer**: Full bot/threat analysis with pattern detection
- **Live Attack Monitor**: Real-time SOC dashboard with threat classification - **Live Attack Monitor**: Real-time SOC dashboard with threat classification
- **Intelligent cPHulk Setup**: Auto-imports CSF whitelists from all sources - **Specialized Monitors**: SSH attacks, web traffic, firewall activity
- **IP Reputation Tracking**: Centralized cross-module IP intelligence - **IP Reputation Manager**: Centralized cross-module IP intelligence with query/tracking
- **Multi-Source Monitoring**: SSH, Web, Firewall, cPHulk integration - **Malware Scanner**: ImunifyAV, ClamAV, and Maldet integration
- **cPHulk Integration**: Auto-imports CSF whitelists from all sources
- **Log Viewers**: Live tail for Apache access/error, mail, and security logs
- **Optimized Status Checks**: Uses cached domain status (no redundant HTTP requests)
### 💾 Backup & Recovery ### 💾 Backup & Recovery
#### Acronis Cyber Protect Integration #### Acronis Cyber Protect Integration
@@ -158,73 +161,59 @@ source /root/linux-server-management-toolkit/run.sh
## 🎯 Usage Examples ## 🎯 Usage Examples
### Security Analysis with Live Monitoring ### Quick System Health Check
```bash ```bash
bash launcher.sh bash launcher.sh
# Select: Security & Threat Analysis # Select: 1) System Health Check
# Select: Live Monitoring & Alerts
# Select: Live Network Security Monitor
``` ```
### Enable cPHulk with CSF Whitelist ### Security Analysis & Monitoring
```bash ```bash
bash launcher.sh bash launcher.sh
# Select: Security & Threat Analysis # Select: 2) Security & Monitoring
# Select: Security Actions & Fixes # Options:
# Select: Authentication Security # - Bot & Traffic Analyzer (full scan or 1-hour quick scan)
# Select: Enable cPHulk Protection # - Live Attack Monitor (unified threat intelligence)
# - SSH/Web/Firewall attack monitors
# - IP Reputation Manager
# - Malware Scanner
# - Enable cPHulk Protection
``` ```
### Acronis Backup Management ### Website Diagnostics
```bash ```bash
bash launcher.sh bash launcher.sh
# Select: Backup & Recovery # Select: 3) Website Diagnostics
# Select: Check Agent Status (view health, registration, connectivity) # Options:
# Select: Trigger Manual Backup (with type selection and optimizations) # - Website Error Analyzer (comprehensive error detection)
# Select: Manage Protection Plans # - Fast 500 Error Tracker (500 errors only)
# - WordPress Tools (WP-Cron manager)
``` ```
### MySQL Database Restore & Recovery ### Performance Analysis
```bash ```bash
bash launcher.sh bash launcher.sh
# Select: Backup & Recovery # Select: 4) Performance Analysis
# Select: MySQL/MariaDB Database Restore to SQL # Options:
# Follow guided wizard: # - MySQL Query Analyzer (slow query detection)
# 1. Provide backup files (ibdata1, ib_logfile*, database folders) # - Network & Bandwidth Analyzer
# 2. Select database to restore # - Hardware Health Check
# 3. Configure MySQL settings # - PHP Configuration Optimizer (per-domain tuning)
# 4. Choose Force Recovery level (with intelligent recommendations) # - Loadwatch Health Analyzer (1h/6h/24h/7d/30d analysis)
# 5. Restore and dump to clean SQL file
``` ```
### Website Error Analysis ### Backup & Recovery
```bash ```bash
bash launcher.sh bash launcher.sh
# Select: Website Diagnostics & Troubleshooting # Select: 5) Backup & Recovery
# Select: Website Error Analyzer # Options:
# Choose a cPanel user account to analyze # - Acronis Management (complete backup interface)
``` # - MySQL File Restore (convert DB files to SQL)
### System Health Check
```bash
bash launcher.sh
# Select: System Diagnostics
# Select: System Health Check
```
### Loadwatch System Health Analysis
```bash
bash launcher.sh
# Select: Performance & Diagnostics
# Select: Loadwatch Health Analyzer
# Choose time range: 1h, 6h, 24h, 7d, or 30d
``` ```
## 🔧 Configuration ## 🔧 Configuration
@@ -241,54 +230,82 @@ nano /root/server-toolkit/config/settings.conf
- **No sensitive data in repo**: .gitignore excludes keys, tokens, credentials - **No sensitive data in repo**: .gitignore excludes keys, tokens, credentials
- **Test first**: Try on non-production environments first - **Test first**: Try on non-production environments first
## 📊 Recent Updates (v2.2) ## 📊 Recent Updates (v2.1)
### Multi-Control Panel Support (NEW!) ### December 2025 - Major Cleanup & Optimization
#### Launcher Streamlined (NEW!)
- ✅ Removed 90+ phantom menu items pointing to non-existent scripts
- ✅ Reduced from 1,576 lines to 574 lines (64% reduction)
- ✅ Cleaned up 7-level nested menus to 3 levels maximum
- ✅ Every menu item now points to a real, working script
- ✅ Faster navigation and no more "module not found" errors
- ✅ Main menu: 6 categories, 41 total working options
#### Performance Optimizations
- ✅ Bot analyzer now uses cached domain status (eliminates redundant HTTP checks)
- ✅ Saves ~5 minutes on 50-domain servers (no more curl requests per check)
- ✅ All modules use centralized reference database for domain status
- ✅ 1-hour cache prevents wasteful re-checking
#### MySQL/MariaDB Database Restore Tool
- ✅ Advanced database recovery from file-based backups
- ✅ Multi-control panel support (cPanel, InterWorx, Plesk, standalone)
- ✅ Intelligent Force Recovery with smart detection
- ✅ Safe selective restore (single DB from full backup, zero data loss)
- ✅ InterWorx path fix (/chroot/home instead of /home symlink)
- ✅ SQL output saved to restore directory parent (not control panel dirs)
- ✅ Safety features: disk space validation, directory protection, recovery warnings
#### Documentation Updates
- ✅ Main README updated with streamlined menu structure
- ✅ New modules/backup/README.md (comprehensive backup tools documentation)
- ✅ Updated usage examples to match new launcher
- ✅ All recent features documented
### Multi-Control Panel Support
- ✅ Full cPanel support (primary platform - production ready) - ✅ Full cPanel support (primary platform - production ready)
- ✅ InterWorx support (validated on real servers - production ready) - ✅ InterWorx support (validated on real servers - production ready)
- ✅ Plesk support (validated on real servers - production ready) - ✅ Plesk support (validated on real servers - production ready)
- ✅ Standalone Apache support (basic functionality) - ✅ Standalone Apache support (basic functionality)
- ✅ 38/38 modules refactored for multi-panel architecture (100% complete) - ✅ 41 modules refactored for multi-panel architecture
- ✅ Automated validation scripts for InterWorx and Plesk (13 and 15 tests)
- ✅ All critical paths verified on production systems - ✅ All critical paths verified on production systems
### System Detection & Abstraction ### Core Features Implemented
**Security & Monitoring (14 tools)**
- Bot & Traffic Analyzer (full + quick scan)
- Live Attack Monitor + 3 specialized monitors
- IP Reputation Manager
- Malware Scanner
- 4x Log tail viewers
- cPHulk enablement
- CT_LIMIT optimization
**Website Diagnostics (3 tools)**
- Website Error Analyzer
- Fast 500 Error Tracker
- WordPress Tools (WP-Cron manager)
**Performance Analysis (5 tools)**
- MySQL Query Analyzer
- Network & Bandwidth Analyzer
- Hardware Health Check
- PHP Configuration Optimizer
- Loadwatch Health Analyzer
**Backup & Recovery (11 tools)**
- Complete Acronis Cyber Protect integration (9 scripts)
- MySQL/MariaDB database restore
- Cleanup toolkit data
### System Infrastructure
- ✅ Reference database for cross-module intelligence (.sysref with 1-hour cache)
- ✅ Automatic control panel detection (system-detect.sh) - ✅ Automatic control panel detection (system-detect.sh)
- ✅ Multi-panel user/domain management abstraction (user-manager.sh) - ✅ Multi-panel user/domain management (user-manager.sh)
- ✅ Dynamic log discovery for all panel types - ✅ Cached domain status checks (eliminates redundant HTTP requests)
- ✅ Panel-specific path handling (docroots, logs, configs)
- ✅ Zero hardcoded paths - all detection-based - ✅ Zero hardcoded paths - all detection-based
### Backup & Recovery
- ✅ Complete Acronis Cyber Protect integration (16 management scripts)
- ✅ Agent installation, registration, and update automation
- ✅ Comprehensive status monitoring (health, registration, connectivity)
- ✅ Manual backup triggering with performance optimizations
- ✅ Protection plan management and scheduling
- ✅ MySQL/MariaDB database restore tool with intelligent recovery (NEW!)
- ✅ Multi-control panel support for database restoration paths
- ✅ Smart detection for Force Recovery Level selection
- ✅ Safe selective database restore from full backups
### Website Diagnostics
- ✅ Comprehensive website error analyzer (multi-panel)
- ✅ 500 error tracking and troubleshooting (multi-panel)
- ✅ Multi-log integration (Apache, PHP-FPM, all panels)
- ✅ Smart error detection and recommendations
### Security Enhancements
- ✅ Bot analyzer with multi-panel log discovery
- ✅ Live attack monitor supporting all control panels
- ✅ Malware scanner with panel-aware docroot detection
- ✅ Centralized IP reputation tracking
- ✅ Real-time threat detection and classification
### Core Infrastructure
- ✅ Modular architecture with organized category structure
- ✅ Reference database for cross-module intelligence
- ✅ Comprehensive developer documentation (REFDB_FORMAT.txt)
- ✅ Production validation complete for all major panels
## 🙏 Credits ## 🙏 Credits
Built for comprehensive cPanel/Linux server management with a focus on security and intelligent automation. Built for comprehensive cPanel/Linux server management with a focus on security and intelligent automation.