what is the "whostmgr2" process doing in my cPanel server ?

shyaminayesh

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Hello, sometimes my server is using 60% CPU Power for process name as "whostmgr2 - top ./top ", what is this process and what will it doing ?
 

nisamudeen97

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The "whostmgr2" is the binary that contains the necessary code for applying changes made to cpanel.config.
Are you trying to update cpanel config and cpupdate files manually ?

When we make changes in /var/cpanel/cpanel.config, /etc/cpupdate.conf etc, we execute "whostmgr2" tcommand to save the tweak settings.

eg:- /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/whostmgr2 --updatetweaksettings
 

cPanelMichael

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When we make changes in /var/cpanel/cpanel.config, /etc/cpupdate.conf etc, we execute "whostmgr2" tcommand to save the tweak settings.

eg:- /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/whostmgr2 --updatetweaksettings
Hello,

Please note that it's not a good idea to run that command manually. You can save most changes to /var/cpanel/cpanel.config by simply restarting cPanel after saving the file.

Thank you.