Return server's configuration settings

This function retrieves the configuration settings for the cPanel & WHM server on which an account exists. This is useful, for example, to verify which applications and functionality are available on the account.

SecurityBasicAuth
Request
query Parameters
name
string

The server configuration settings to return.

Click to view information about the available server configuration settings.
  • default_theme - The cPanel interface's default theme.
  • email_filter_storage_directory - The location of the Exim email filter storage directory.
  • allow_park_subdomain_on_hostname - Whether the system allows users to park subdomains of the server's hostname.
  • allow_remote_domains - Whether the system allows users to create addon domains or aliases that resolve to other servers.
  • allow_unregistered_domains - Whether the system allows users to add domains they didn't register with a domain name registrar.
  • apache_port - The IP address or IP address with a firewall port number that Apache® uses to listen for requests and serve web pages over an unsecured connection.
  • apache_ssl_port - The port or IP address that Apache uses to listen for requests and serve web pages over a secure connection.
  • api_shell - Whether the user can access cPanel's API Shell interface (cPanel >> Home >> Advanced >> API Shell).
  • awstats_browser_update - Whether the user can update their AWStats software.
  • awstats_reverse_dns - Whether the AWStats statistical analysis software interprets visitors' domain names as IP addresses.
  • cpanel_root_directory - The cPanel root directory.
  • database_prefix_required - Whether the account requires database prefixing.
  • display_cpanel_doclinks - Whether the system displays links to cPanel feature documentation in the cPanel interface.
  • dnsadmin_app - The application that processes DNS management requests.
  • empty_trash_days - The minimum age of files that the system will automatically purge from .trash folders in user home directories.
  • enable_file_protect - Whether EasyApache 4's FileProtect option is enabled.
  • file_upload_maximum_bytes - The maximum file size, in megabytes (MB), that a user can upload to a server.
  • file_upload_must_leave_bytes - The minimum filesystem quota that the system requires after a file uploads to a server.
  • file_usage - Whether file usage information displays in the cPanel Home interface's statistics bar.
  • ftp_server - The FTP server.
  • htaccess_check_recurse - The maximum number of directories deep to look for .htaccess files when you change the PHP handler.
  • invite_sub - Whether cPanel account users can send invitations to new Subaccount users via cPanel's User Manager interface (cPanel >> Home >> Preferences >> User Manager).
  • ipv6_listen - Whether the cpsrvd daemon and other cPanel & WHM services listen on IPv6.
  • local_nameserver_type - The DNS nameserver's type.
  • logout_redirect_url - The logout redirection URL.
  • mailbox_storage_format - The mailbox storage format for new accounts.
  • mail_server - The mailserver type.
  • minimum_password_strength - The minimum strength for cPanel account passwords.
  • minimum_password_strength_mysql - The minimum strength for MySQL® or MariaDB® passwords.
  • mysql_host - The MySQL or MariaDB hostname or IP address.
  • mysql_version - The MySQL or MariaDB version.
  • php_maximum_execution_time - The number of seconds that a PHP script can run before the system terminates it.
  • php_post_maximum_size - The maximum size, in megabytes (MB), of a POST request.
  • php_system_default_version - The system's default version of PHP.
  • php_upload_maximum_filesize - The maximum file size, in megabytes (MB), that a PHP script may upload.
  • php_loader - The PHP loaders through which the system executes internal PHP scripts.
  • php_open_basedir_home - Whether PHP open_basedir protection is enabled on the server.
  • phpmyadmin_disable_search_info_schema - Whether the user can search for the phpMyAdmin information schema.
  • docroots_in_public_html_only - Whether the system restricts users from creating addon domains and subdomains outside of their public_html directory.
  • require_ssl - Whether the system requires passwords and other sensitive information use SSL encryption.
  • allow_reset_password - Whether cPanel's Reset Password feature is enabled for the account.
  • allow_reset_password_for_subaccounts - Whether cPanel's Reset Password feature is enabled for subaccounts on the account.
  • disable_analog - Whether users can access the Analog Stats interface (cPanel >> Home >> Metrics >> Analog Stats).
  • skip_apache_clients_optimizer - Whether the Apache Client Optimizer is enabled.
  • disable_awstats - Whether the AWStats software is enabled.
  • skip_mailbox_warnings_check - Whether mailbox usage warnings are enabled.
  • disable_boxtrapper - Whether BoxTrapper is enabled.
  • skip_bandwidth_limit_check - Whether the system automatically suspends HTTP service for accounts that exceed their bandwidth limit.
  • disable_mailman - Whether Mailman mailing lists are enabled.
  • disable_roundcube - Whether Roundcube webmail is enabled.
  • disable_spamassassin - Whether the Apache SpamAssassin™ spam filter is enabled.
  • disable_spambox - Whether Apache SpamAssassin's spam box feature is enabled.
  • disable_webalizer - Whether the Webalizer statistics program is enabled.
  • ssl_default_key_type - The default SSL/TLS encryption algorithm used by the system.
  • use_information_schema - Whether the system uses the MySQL® INFORMATION_SCHEMA view. This view includes disk usage by all MySQL tables in the disk usage totals.
  • use_mail_for_mailman_url - Whether the system prefixes Mailman URLs with the mail prefix. For example, http://mail.domain.com/mailman.
  • is_mod_userdir_enabled - Whether the Apache mod_userdir Tweak is enabled.
  • version - The system's Linux® kernel version.

Note:

  • If you don't use this parameter, this function returns all of the server's configuration settings.
  • To retrieve multiple variables, increment this parameter. For example, name-1=variable, name-2=variable, name-3=variable.
Enum: "default_theme" "email_filter_storage_directory" "allow_park_subdomain_on_hostname" "allow_remote_domains" "allow_unregistered_domains" "apache_port" "apache_ssl_port" "api_shell" "awstats_browser_update" "awstats_reverse_dns" "cpanel_root_directory" "database_prefix_required" "display_cpanel_doclinks" "dnsadmin_app" "empty_trash_days" "enable_file_protect" "file_upload_maximum_bytes" "file_upload_must_leave_bytes" "file_usage" "ftp_server" "htaccess_check_recurse" "invite_sub" "ipv6_listen" "local_nameserver_type" "logout_redirect_url" "mailbox_storage_format" "mail_server" "minimum_password_strength" "minimum_password_strength_mysql" "mysql_host" "mysql_version" "php_maximum_execution_time" "php_post_maximum_size" "php_system_default_version" "php_upload_maximum_filesize" "php_loader" "php_open_basedir_home" "phpmyadmin_disable_search_info_schema" "docroots_in_public_html_only" "require_ssl" "allow_reset_password" "allow_reset_password_for_subaccounts" "disable_analog" "skip_apache_clients_optimizer" "disable_awstats" "skip_mailbox_warnings_check" "disable_boxtrapper" "skip_bandwidth_limit_check" "disable_mailman" "disable_roundcube" "disable_spamassassin" "disable_spambox" "disable_webalizer" "ssl_default_key_type" "use_information_schema" "use_mail_for_mailman_url" "is_mod_userdir_enabled" "version" Examples:
name=name=allow_park_subdomain_on_hostname&name=allow_remote_domains&name=allow_reset_password
name=allow_park_subdomain_on_hostname
Responses
200

HTTP Request was successful.

Response Schema: application/json
apiversion
integer

The version of the API.

func
string

The name of the method called.

module
string

The name of the module called.

object
get/Variables/get_server_information
Request samples 
uapi --output=jsonpretty \
  --user=username \
  Variables \
  get_server_information
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "apiversion": 3,
  • "func": "get_server_information",
  • "module": "Variables",
  • "result": {
    • "data": {
      • "allow_park_subdomain_on_hostname": 0,
      • "allow_remote_domains": 1,
      • "allow_reset_password": 1,
      • "allow_reset_password_for_subaccounts": 1,
      • "allow_unregistered_domains": 1,
      • "apache_port": "192.0.2.0:80",
      • "apache_ssl_port": "192.0.2.0:443",
      • "api_shell": 0,
      • "awstats_browser_update": 0,
      • "awstats_reverse_dns": 0,
      • "cpanel_root_directory": "/usr/local/cpanel",
      • "database_prefix_required": 1,
      • "default_theme": "jupiter",
      • "disable_analog": 0,
      • "disable_awstats": 0,
      • "disable_boxtrapper": 0,
      • "disable_mailman": 0,
      • "disable_roundcube": 0,
      • "disable_spamassassin": 0,
      • "disable_spambox": 0,
      • "disable_webalizer": 0,
      • "display_cpanel_doclinks": 0,
      • "dnsadmin_app": "dnsadmin",
      • "docroots_in_public_html_only": 1,
      • "email_filter_storage_directory": "/etc/vfilters",
      • "empty_trash_days": "disabled",
      • "enable_file_protect": 1,
      • "file_upload_maximum_bytes": null,
      • "file_upload_must_leave_bytes": 5,
      • "file_usage": 0,
      • "ftp_server": "disabled",
      • "htaccess_check_recurse": 2,
      • "invite_sub": 1,
      • "ipv6_listen": 0,
      • "is_mod_userdir_enabled": 1,
      • "local_nameserver_type": "powerdns",
      • "logout_redirect_url": "https://cpanel.net",
      • "mail_server": "dovecot",
      • "mailbox_storage_format": "maildir",
      • "minimum_password_strength": 65,
      • "minimum_password_strength_mysql": 65,
      • "mysql_host": "localhost",
      • "mysql_version": "5.7",
      • "php_loader": "ioncube",
      • "php_maximum_execution_time": 90,
      • "php_open_basedir_home": 0,
      • "php_post_maximum_size": 55,
      • "php_system_default_version": "ea-php73",
      • "php_upload_maximum_filesize": 50,
      • "phpmyadmin_disable_search_info_schema": 0,
      • "require_ssl": 1,
      • "skip_apache_clients_optimizer": 0,
      • "skip_bandwidth_limit_check": 0,
      • "skip_mailbox_warnings_check": 1,
      • "ssl_default_key_type": "rsa-2048",
      • "use_information_schema": 1,
      • "use_mail_for_mailman_url": 0,
      • "version": "3.4"
      },
    • "errors": null,
    • "messages": null,
    • "metadata": { },
    • "status": 1,
    • "warnings": null
    }
}
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