Issue :

How to remove HyperVM from the server completely?

Solution :

Run the following commands :

service hypervm stop
/etc/init.d/hypervm stop
chkconfig –del hypervm
rm -f /etc/init.d/hypervm

rpm -e lxphp lxzend lxlighttpd
rm -rf /usr/local/lxlabs/
rm -rf /home/hypervm/
rm -rf /etc/xen/hypervm
rm -rf /etc/rc.d/init.d/hypervm
rm -rf /var/cache/hypervm
rm -rf /home/lxlabs
rm -rf /root/.etc/xxwin/gtk/lxlabs
rm -rf /usr/sbin/lxrestart
rm -rf /usr/bin/lxxen
rm -rf /usr/bin/lxopenvz
rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/lxlabs.repo
rm -rf /root/.etc/misc/lxlabs.repo
rm -rf /boot/lxxen-initrd.img
rm -rf /var/log/lxint*
rm -rf /var/cache/yum/lxlabsupdate
rm -rf /var/cache/yum/lxlabslxupdate

Issue :

Migration from LxAdmin/Kloxo to cPanel . Databases are of great importance.

Solution :

You or your host will have to do the migration manually as cPanel does not have any 3rd party script that allows this sort of migration from LxAdmin. The best way to go about this is :

SCP each domain from LxAdmin to cPanel server individually.
Make sure that you set the file permissions to the user so that they can be edited via FTP.
After that, download your databases and import them.

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Owner of LxLabs, K T Ligesh (32) , passed away at his residence in Bangalore last night. Initial reports state that he committed suicide. As per the news-reports, it appears that Ligesh , who was a guitarist as well, was going through a difficult time personally.

LxLabs is the creator of HyperVM – optimized virtualization technology which runs on both Xen and OpenVZ, “Host In a Box” solution - LxAdmin/Kloxo for Web hosting companies, server owners, resellers etc. Recently, there have been some serious  vulnerability reports concerning their software.

Ligesh was an exceptional software engineer, and the mastermind behind all the well known software products his company produced. His stellar engineering talent is evident in the way he created innovative software products that were quick to rise in popularity and adoption within the industry, capturing the imagination of thousands of industry watchers. InstaCarma and its Directors shared a cordial relationship with Ligesh. His brilliance and intelligence always shone through in all our interactions with him.

Details regarding who will take over the operations of the company or the development/maintenance of the software is not available at the moment. Also, it is not known what the server owners who use LxLabs’ software should do in the wake of this news. While further updates are awaited, Ligesh is in our thoughts and prayers . May his soul rest in peace!

Lxlabs have reported that they have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in hyperVM and Lxadmin/Kloxo.

They have recommended updating your hyperVM/Kloxo systems to the latest version in order to fix this.

This can be done by running the following command :

/script/upcp

Details of the vulnerabilities will be posted on their forums in the coming days.

Many of us are already using LxAdmin on various client servers. Did you notice a small change in their control panel? Yes, there is a small change in its name. It’s now known as Kloxo..

I did try to dig wordnet to see if there is any meaning for this this word called “Kloxo” but no luck. There was no announcement about this name change and there was not even a mail to it’s customers mailing lists as far as I could see. Today there are many forum posts etc available on the internet explaining how you can migrate to Kloxo from Lxadmin and how it continues to work seamlessly. I’m pointing you all to the resource found on LxLabs website so that you can learn more about this.

Resource URL: http://lxlabs.com/kloxo-name-change/

Q. Why was the name changed to Kloxo?

A. Lxadmin is not a great name for a consumer software, and we are perfectionists. Names should be simple, neutral and thus over time should get associated with the software.

Q. Won’t this lead to confusion in the internal architecture?

A. We have taken the name change very seriously, and thus Kloxo is a new application altogether and the internal architecture has been completely redesigned. Earlier if there was a path /home/lxadmin or C:/Program Files/Lxadmin, the path in Kloxo would be /home/kloxo and C:/Program Files/Kloxo respectively. This means that application Kloxo in itself is 100% consistent, and thus will not cause any confusion.

Q. What about the reputation the Lxadmin name has garnered till now? Won’t you lose it all?

A. Lxadmin is nearly 2 years old. We have absolutely no short-term strategies and our strategy is always based on what Kloxo will be 5-10 years from now, and thus the loss of the proximal brand loyalty is something that we are ready to accept.

Q. What happens to the existing Lxadmin customers?

A. Kloxo is 100% backward compatible with Lxadmin. You can take a backup in Lxadmin and restore it perfectly on Kloxo. Our customer support team will be glad to assist you if you run into any problem. Please contact kloxo-migrate at lxlabs.com . We guarantee that your data will be properly migrated from Lxadmin to Kloxo. Also, we will be maintaining Lxadmin indefinitely, and so you only need to slowly plan your migration to kloxo.
Please see this for info on how to migrate: Kloxo Migration

Q. What about managing Lxadmin from inside hyperVM?

A. You can manage Lxadmin from inside hyperVM by clicking on the lxadmin/kloxo button. HyperVM does not distinguish between kloxo and Lxadmin inside a vps, and you can just manage Lxadmin from HyperVM using the lxadmin kloxo button itself.