cPanel loads very slowly

[Yaksha]

I'm having issues loading cPanel and pages within cPanel. They take a long time to load, about two minutes per page.

The webpages on the server are fine, they load in a matter of seconds. I'm on cable, so it's not a problem with my internet.

A few things load quickly, like the MySQL management and phpMyAdmin. But a lot of other things, especially when I'm adding/editing/deleted go very very slowly.

If anyone has any ideas on what I can check, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

[AndyReed]

restart stunnel and then cpanel. If that doesn't work, PM us: servertune (yahoo, MSN, AIM) or send us an email note: support@servertune.com

[Yaksha]

Sorry to sound dumb, but where do I restart stunnel and cpanel at? I can't find an option for that in WHM ...

[mher]

login to shell and type:
# service cpanel stop
wait for 10 seconds then type:
# service cpanel start

or you can type:
# reboot

[Yaksha]

OK, restarting cPanel didn't speed up the loading time.

OK, so the only pages that load slowly are the main page, and pages that load when I click to submit a form. So when I try and add on or park a domain, create a subdomain, etc. Those all take about two minutes to load.

[richy]

What's the current server load?

[Yaksha]

Not much. When I go to Show CPU usage, the total is only about 2% of the CPU and memory is around 10% Any other place I should check?

[Yaksha]

I'm still having this issue, can anyone suggest anything else?

[LP-Trel]

Update the resolvers in /etc/resolv.conf

Look http://tweakgeek.com/node/23 for a list of DNS servers you can use.

If the server load is low and everything seems to be right, this is usually the cause.

[Yaksha]

None of those seemed to affect cPanel at all. Was I supposed to do something after changing the file? Reboot Apache or the server or something?

[casey]

Are you on a vps?

[Yaksha]

What's a vps?

I'm on a vds - Virtual Dedicated Server.

[casey]

What's a vps?

I'm on a vds - Virtual Dedicated Server.

Same thing. Your DC probably needs to tweak some settings. How much RAM do you have?

[Yaksha]

It has 512MB.

[dezignguy]

That sounds like way too little for a VPS. ;-)
Most recommend a minimum of 1GB for a server running VPS's.... but really at least 2GB is what you need because of the overhead from the VPS instances.