How to install ConfigServer ModSecurity Control (cmc) on Dedicated Server ?

As we know mod-security is enabled on servers to protect your website from hackers. It has the set of rules when any rule triggers then it blocks the access of your website. Basically, mod-security is one of the essential Apache server modules which defend websites from hacking but for some open source it causing issue. Those applications causing the issue sometime so what is the solution.

In this case you can either disable mod-security for whole domain (not recommended) or disable the particular rule, but for that you have to install ConfigServer ModSecurity Control (cmc) Plugin on your dedicated server.

Now we are going to explain following steps to install ConfigServer ModSecurity Control (cmc) Plugin on server.

1. First login to your dedicated server via SSH root login.

2. Now enter the following code and download latest version of ConfigServer ModSecurity Control (cmc) Plugin :

3. The downloaded file is in Tar format, so you have to untar the file with following command :

4. Now change the directory to cmc folder:

5. With following command execute the installer:

6. After completing the execution you can check the ConfigServer ModSecurity Control (cmc) Plugin via login into WHM. In WHM you can search for "ConfigServer Mod Security" in left panel under Plugin tab.

Through this plugin you can disable the mod-security rules according to your need.