cschantz⚡ Linux Server Management Toolkit
Comprehensive multi-panel server management suite supporting cPanel, InterWorx, Plesk, and standalone Apache with modular architecture and intelligent security features.
📦 Directory Structure
server-toolkit/
├── launcher.sh # Main menu system
├── README.md # This file
│
├── modules/ # Modular scripts organized by category
│ │
│ ├── diagnostics/ # 🔍 System Diagnostics
│ │ ├── system-health-check.sh # Comprehensive health analysis
│ │ └── loadwatch-analyzer.sh # Historical system health analysis (1h/6h/24h/7d/30d)
│ │
│ ├── security/ # 🛡️ Security & Monitoring
│ │ ├── live-attack-monitor-v2.sh # Real-time SOC dashboard with auto-mitigation
│ │ ├── live-attack-monitor.sh # Legacy attack monitoring (deprecated)
│ │ ├── bot-analyzer.sh # Full bot/threat analysis with pattern detection
│ │ ├── bot-blocker.sh # Apache User-Agent blocking manager (NEW!)
│ │ ├── malware-scanner.sh # ImunifyAV, ClamAV, Maldet integration
│ │ ├── ip-reputation-manager.sh # Centralized IP reputation tracking
│ │ ├── ssh-attack-monitor.sh # SSH brute force detection
│ │ ├── web-traffic-monitor.sh # Web traffic monitoring
│ │ ├── firewall-activity-monitor.sh # CSF/iptables monitoring
│ │ ├── enable-cphulk.sh # cPHulk enablement with CSF whitelist import
│ │ ├── optimize-ct-limit.sh # Connection tracking optimization
│ │ ├── tail-apache-access.sh # Live Apache access log viewer
│ │ ├── tail-apache-error.sh # Live Apache error log viewer
│ │ ├── tail-mail-log.sh # Live mail log viewer
│ │ └── tail-secure-log.sh # Live secure/auth log viewer
│ │
│ ├── backup/ # 💾 Backup & Recovery
│ │ ├── acronis-*.sh # Acronis Cyber Protect (17 management scripts)
│ │ │ ├── acronis-install.sh # Install Acronis agent
│ │ │ ├── acronis-register.sh # Register agent with cloud
│ │ │ ├── acronis-configure.sh # Configure backup plans
│ │ │ ├── acronis-status.sh # Agent status check
│ │ │ ├── acronis-backup-status.sh # Backup job status
│ │ │ ├── acronis-manual-backup.sh # Trigger manual backup
│ │ │ ├── acronis-restore.sh # Restore from backup
│ │ │ ├── acronis-update.sh # Update agent
│ │ │ ├── acronis-uninstall.sh # Remove agent
│ │ │ ├── acronis-troubleshoot.sh # Diagnostics and repair
│ │ │ └── (7 more utilities)
│ │ └── mysql-restore-to-sql.sh # MySQL/MariaDB database restore & dump tool
│ │
│ ├── website/ # 🌐 Website Diagnostics
│ │ ├── website-error-analyzer.sh # Comprehensive error analysis
│ │ ├── 500-error-tracker.sh # Fast 500 error tracking
│ │ ├── cloudflare-detector.sh # Cloudflare domain detection (NEW!)
│ │ ├── wordpress-menu.sh # WordPress tools submenu
│ │ └── wordpress/
│ │ └── wordpress-cron-manager.sh # WP-Cron diagnostics and management
│ │
│ ├── email/ # 📧 Email Diagnostics & Management
│ │ ├── email-diagnostics.sh # Comprehensive email diagnostics
│ │ ├── mail-log-analyzer.sh # Mail log analysis
│ │ ├── mail-queue-inspector.sh # Exim queue inspection
│ │ ├── flush-mail-queue.sh # Flush stuck mail queue
│ │ ├── blacklist-check.sh # RBL/DNSBL blacklist checker
│ │ ├── spf-dkim-dmarc-check.sh # Email authentication validator
│ │ ├── deliverability-test.sh # Email delivery testing
│ │ ├── smtp-connection-test.sh # SMTP connectivity checker
│ │ └── clean-mailboxes.sh # Mailbox cleanup utility
│ │
│ ├── performance/ # 📊 Performance Analysis
│ │ ├── nginx-varnish-manager.sh # Nginx + Varnish Cache Manager
│ │ ├── php-optimizer.sh # PHP Configuration Optimizer
│ │ ├── hardware-health-check.sh # Hardware diagnostics (SMART, sensors)
│ │ ├── mysql-query-analyzer.sh # MySQL performance analysis
│ │ └── network-bandwidth-analyzer.sh # Network analysis
│ │
│ └── maintenance/ # 🧹 System Maintenance
│ ├── cleanup-toolkit-data.sh # Clean temporary toolkit data
│ └── disk-space-analyzer.sh # Disk usage analysis and recommendations
│
├── lib/ # Shared libraries
│ ├── common-functions.sh # Reusable UI, logging, and utility functions
│ ├── system-detect.sh # Multi-panel system detection (cPanel/Plesk/InterWorx)
│ ├── user-manager.sh # User account management across panels
│ ├── domain-discovery.sh # Multi-panel domain discovery
│ ├── reference-db.sh # Cross-module intelligence sharing (.sysref)
│ │
│ ├── attack-patterns.sh # Attack pattern definitions and scoring
│ ├── attack-signatures.sh # 24+ attack signature detection rules
│ ├── bot-signatures.sh # Bot classification (legitimate vs malicious)
│ ├── http-attack-analyzer.sh # HTTP attack analysis engine
│ ├── threat-intelligence.sh # Threat scoring and intelligence aggregation
│ ├── ip-reputation.sh # IP reputation tracking and querying
│ ├── rate-anomaly-detector.sh # Request rate anomaly detection
│ │
│ ├── mysql-analyzer.sh # MySQL performance utilities
│ ├── php-detector.sh # PHP configuration detection
│ ├── php-analyzer.sh # PHP performance analysis engine
│ ├── php-config-manager.sh # PHP config backup/restore/modification
│ ├── email-functions.sh # Email-related utilities
│ └── plesk-helpers.sh # Plesk-specific helper functions
│
├── config/ # Configuration files
│ ├── settings.conf # Main configuration
│ ├── whitelist-ips.txt # IP whitelist
│ └── whitelist-user-agents.txt # User-Agent whitelist
│
└── tools/ # Utility scripts
├── diagnostic-report.sh # Generate comprehensive system reports
├── toolkit-qa-check.sh # Quality assurance checker (88 tests)
├── qa-functional-tests.sh # Functional testing suite
├── update-attack-signatures.sh # Update attack signature database
├── analyze-historical-attacks.sh # Historical attack pattern analysis
└── erase-toolkit-traces.sh # Complete toolkit removal utility
🚀 Quick Start
Installation & Running
One command - automatic cleanup:
curl -sL https://git.mull.lol/cschantz/Linux-Server-Management-Toolkit/archive/main.tar.gz | tar xz && source linux-server-management-toolkit/run.sh
When exiting (option 0), answer "yes" and cleanup happens automatically - no extra steps.
Or if already downloaded:
source /root/linux-server-management-toolkit/run.sh
✨ Key Features
🛡️ Security & Monitoring
- Live Attack Monitor v2: Real-time SOC dashboard with intelligent auto-blocking
- Auto-Mitigation Engine: Automatic blocking at Score >= 80 (critical) or >= 100 (instant)
- Distributed Attack Detection: Blocks coordinated attacks (5+ IPs, 25+ for subnet-level blocking)
- 24 Attack Signatures: RCE, SQL injection, XSS, path traversal, SSRF, XXE, credential stuffing, and more
- IPset Integration: Kernel-level blocking for instant response (batched for performance)
- Bot Classification: Distinguishes legitimate bots (Google, Bing) from AI scrapers and attack tools
- Attack Scoring System: Dynamic scoring with volume bonuses and attack severity weighting
- Multi-Source Monitoring: HTTP, SSH, Email, FTP, Database, Network attacks in unified dashboard
- Bot Blocker: Apache User-Agent blocking manager with one-click enable/disable
- Blocks 24+ malicious bots: security scanners, AI scrapers, SEO bots, vulnerability scanners
- Safe Apache restart with automatic rollback on syntax errors
- Configuration backup and restore capability
- Syntax validation before applying changes
- Bot & Traffic Analyzer: Full bot/threat analysis with pattern detection
- IP Reputation Manager: Centralized cross-module IP intelligence with query/tracking
- Malware Scanner: ImunifyAV, ClamAV, and Maldet integration with auto-installation
- cPHulk Integration: Auto-imports CSF whitelists from all sources
- Specialized Monitors: SSH attacks, web traffic, firewall activity
- Log Viewers: Live tail for Apache access/error, mail, and security logs
- No System Pollution: All data stored in /tmp (auto-cleanup on reboot, no /var/lib/ files)
💾 Backup & Recovery
- Acronis Cyber Protect: Complete agent management (install, update, configure, monitor, troubleshoot)
- MySQL Database Restore Tool: Advanced recovery from file-based backups with intelligent Force Recovery
- Multi-control panel support (cPanel, InterWorx, Plesk, standalone)
- Smart detection for selective restore scenarios
- Safe single-database extraction from full backups
- Clean SQL export for production import
🌐 Website Diagnostics
- Error Analysis: Comprehensive website error detection and troubleshooting
- 500 Error Tracking: Detailed analysis of application errors
- Cloudflare Detector: Identify domains using Cloudflare with datacenter locations
- Distinguishes between Proxied (orange cloud) and DNS-Only (gray cloud)
- Shows Cloudflare datacenter locations (Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.)
- Detects NXDOMAIN domains that need cleanup
- Triple validation: nameservers, IP ranges, CF-RAY headers
- Helps debug regional outages and cache issues
- WordPress Tools: WP-Cron manager for WordPress diagnostics
- Log Integration: Apache, PHP-FPM, cPanel error log analysis
- Smart Recommendations: Context-aware suggestions for fixing issues
📧 Email Diagnostics & Management
- Comprehensive Email Diagnostics: Full email system health check
- Mail Log Analyzer: Parse and analyze mail logs for delivery issues
- Mail Queue Inspector: Inspect stuck/frozen mail queue with filtering
- Flush Mail Queue: Clear stuck messages from Exim queue
- Blacklist Checker: Check server IP against 50+ RBL/DNSBL lists
- SPF/DKIM/DMARC Validator: Verify email authentication records
- Deliverability Testing: Send test emails and verify delivery
- SMTP Connection Test: Test SMTP connectivity and authentication
- Mailbox Cleanup: Clean up mailbox quotas and old messages
🔍 Performance & Diagnostics
- System Health Check: Comprehensive hardware, services, and security posture analysis
- Loadwatch Analyzer: Historical system health analysis (1h/6h/24h/7d/30d time ranges)
- MySQL Query Analyzer: Slow query detection and optimization recommendations
- Network & Bandwidth Analyzer: Traffic analysis and top consumers
- Hardware Health Check: SMART, memory, CPU sensors
- PHP Configuration Optimizer: Per-domain PHP-FPM tuning with auto-backup and zero downtime
- Nginx + Varnish Cache Manager: Complete Varnish cache installation and management for cPanel
- 99.5% Stock Compliance: Only settings.json modified (RPM config file)
- Full HTTP + HTTPS Caching: SSL termination at Nginx, HTTP backends to Varnish
- Update Survival: Proven to survive ea-nginx package updates and rebuilds
- 93 Static File Types: Images, fonts, CSS/JS, videos, documents, archives, and more
- Self-Healing: 8 automatic fixes including config-script integrity checks
- Complete Backup/Revert: Full restoration to pre-installation state
- Smart Bypasses: AutoSSL, cPanel services, admin pages, POST requests
- Automated Audit: 44 tests verify configuration and functionality
- Multi-Panel Support: cPanel, InterWorx, Plesk, standalone Apache
📊 Session Intelligence
- Reference Database: Cross-module data sharing (.sysref)
- No Historical Tracking: Session-based intelligence only
- "Download, Run, Fix, Delete": Designed for one-time troubleshooting
🎯 Usage Examples
Quick System Health Check
bash launcher.sh
# Select: 1) System Health Check
Security Analysis & Monitoring
bash launcher.sh
# Select: 2) Security & Monitoring
# Options:
# - Live Attack Monitor v2 (real-time SOC dashboard with auto-blocking)
# * Monitors HTTP, SSH, Email, FTP, Database, Network attacks
# * Auto-blocks IPs at Score >= 80 (critical) or >= 100 (instant)
# * Detects distributed attacks (5+ IPs) and blocks all participants
# * Subnet blocking when 25+ IPs attack from same /24 range
# * IPset kernel-level blocking for instant response
# - Bot Blocker (Apache User-Agent blocking)
# * One-click enable/disable
# * Blocks 24+ malicious bots (scanners, scrapers, AI bots)
# * Safe Apache restart with syntax validation
# * Automatic backup and restore
# - Bot & Traffic Analyzer (full scan or 1-hour quick scan)
# - IP Reputation Manager
# - Malware Scanner (ImunifyAV, ClamAV, Maldet with auto-install)
# - Enable cPHulk Protection
# - SSH/Web/Firewall attack monitors
Website Diagnostics
bash launcher.sh
# Select: 3) Website Diagnostics
# Options:
# - Website Error Analyzer (comprehensive error detection)
# - Fast 500 Error Tracker (500 errors only)
# - Cloudflare Detector
# * Scan all domains or check single domain
# * Shows Proxied (orange cloud) vs DNS-Only (gray cloud)
# * Displays datacenter locations (Chicago, LA, etc.)
# * Identifies NXDOMAIN domains that need cleanup
# - WordPress Tools (WP-Cron manager)
Email Diagnostics
bash launcher.sh
# Select: 6) Email Diagnostics
# Options:
# - Comprehensive Email Diagnostics
# - Mail Log Analyzer
# - Mail Queue Inspector
# - Blacklist Checker (RBL/DNSBL)
# - SPF/DKIM/DMARC Validator
# - Deliverability Testing
# - SMTP Connection Test
# - Flush Mail Queue
# - Clean Mailboxes
Performance Analysis
bash launcher.sh
# Select: 4) Performance Analysis
# Options:
# - MySQL Query Analyzer (slow query detection)
# - Network & Bandwidth Analyzer
# - Hardware Health Check
# - PHP Configuration Optimizer (per-domain tuning)
# - Nginx + Varnish Cache Manager (transparent caching layer)
# - Loadwatch Health Analyzer (1h/6h/24h/7d/30d analysis)
Backup & Recovery
bash launcher.sh
# Select: 5) Backup & Recovery
# Options:
# - Acronis Management (complete backup interface)
# - MySQL File Restore (convert DB files to SQL)
🔧 Configuration
Edit the configuration file:
nano /root/server-toolkit/config/settings.conf
🔒 Security Considerations
- Run as root: Most modules require root access
- Credentials stored safely: Git credentials in ~/.git-credentials (outside project)
- No sensitive data in repo: .gitignore excludes keys, tokens, credentials
- Test first: Try on non-production environments first
📊 Recent Updates (v2.3)
January 2026 Highlights - Performance & Security
Week 4 - Cloudflare & Bot Management
- Cloudflare Detector: Advanced Cloudflare domain detection with location tracking (NEW!)
- Distinguishes between Proxied (orange cloud) and DNS-Only (gray cloud) configurations
- Shows datacenter locations with city names (Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.)
- NXDOMAIN detection for identifying old/deleted domains
- Triple validation: nameservers, IP range matching, CF-RAY header analysis
- Helps debug regional outages and identify misconfigured domains
- Bot Blocker: Apache User-Agent blocking manager for malicious bots (NEW!)
- One-click enable/disable for 24+ malicious user-agents
- Blocks: security scanners (nikto, nmap), AI scrapers (GPTBot, Claude-Web), SEO bots
- Safe Apache restart with syntax validation and automatic rollback
- Configuration backup/restore with timestamped backups
- Real-time testing to verify blocking effectiveness
Week 3 - Varnish Cache & Auto-Mitigation
- Nginx + Varnish Cache Manager: Complete Varnish cache installation system
- 99.5% stock compliance (only settings.json modified)
- Full HTTP + HTTPS caching via SSL termination and config-script automation
- Proven update survival (RPM config file preservation)
- 93 static file types cached
- 8 self-healing auto-fixes
- Complete backup/revert capability
- Automated 44-test audit system
- Auto-Mitigation Engine: Automatic IP blocking at Score >= 80/100 via IPset (kernel-level)
- Distributed Attack Blocking: Detects and blocks coordinated botnet attacks (5+ IPs)
- Subnet-Level Blocking: Blocks entire /24 subnets when 25+ IPs attack from same range
- Attack Signature Improvements: Fixed false positives in HTTP_SMUGGLING and SUSPICIOUS_UA detection
- Function Exports: Fixed critical bug preventing HTTP attack auto-blocking in subshells
- No System Pollution: Moved all persistent data from /var/lib/ to /tmp/ for clean removal
- Maldet Auto-Installation: Enhanced Plesk support with improved directory detection
December 2025 Highlights
- Launcher Cleanup: Removed 90+ phantom menu items, reduced from 1,576 to 574 lines (64% reduction)
- Performance: Cached domain status checks save ~5 minutes on 50-domain servers
- MySQL Restore Tool: Advanced database recovery with intelligent Force Recovery detection
- Multi-Panel: Full support for cPanel, InterWorx, Plesk, standalone Apache
Current Feature Set
- 60+ Working Modules: Security (14), Website (5), Email (9), Performance (5), Backup (18), Diagnostics (2), Maintenance (2)
- 18 Shared Libraries: Attack detection, bot classification, system detection, PHP/MySQL analysis
- 6 Utility Tools: QA checker (88 tests), attack signature updater, diagnostic reports
- 24 Attack Signatures: RCE, SQL Injection, XSS, Path Traversal, SSRF, XXE, and more
- Bot Management: Auto-blocking malicious bots via Apache User-Agent filtering
- Cloudflare Integration: Advanced detection with datacenter location tracking
- Varnish Cache: Transparent caching layer with 99.5% stock compliance
- Email Diagnostics: Complete email troubleshooting suite with RBL checking
- Reference Database: 1-hour cached status for cross-module intelligence
- Zero Hardcoded Paths: Automatic control panel detection and path abstraction
- Self-Contained Design: Delete toolkit directory = all data removed (no system files)
🙏 Credits
Built for comprehensive cPanel/Linux server management with a focus on security and intelligent automation.
Version: 2.3.0 Last Updated: January 28, 2026 Repository: https://git.mull.lol/cschantz/Linux-Server-Management-Toolkit
📈 Statistics
- Total Modules: 60+
- Shared Libraries: 18
- Attack Signatures: 24+
- Supported Panels: cPanel, InterWorx, Plesk, Standalone
- Lines of Code: ~30,000+
- QA Tests: 88 automated checks