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Abstract
This book covers the use of the Admin Tools site security component, module and plugin bundle for sites powered by Joomla!™ 4 and 5. Both the free Admin Tools Core and the subscription-based Admin Tools Professional editions are completely covered.
Table of Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- What is Admin Tools?
- Server environment requirements
- Installing Admin Tools
- Upgrading from Core to Professional
- Automatic updates
- Entering your Download ID
- Requesting support and reporting bugs
- Uninstalling Admin Tools
- Quick Setup
- 2. Using Admin Tools
- The Control Panel
- The component Options
- Fixing the permissions of files and directories
- Emergency Off-Line Mode
- Protect your administrator back-end with a password
- The .htaccess maker
- The NginX configuration maker
- The web.config maker
- Web Application Firewall
- Database tools
- The PHP File Scanner
- SEO and Link Tools
- Reset Joomla! Update
- URL Redirection
- Cleaning your temporary files directory
- Protecting Admin Tools with a password
- Import and Exporting Settings
- Access Control
- The "System - Admin Tools" plugin
- Automating maintenance tasks
- Admin Tools – PHP File Change Scanner
- Admin Tools – Blocked Requests Log cleanup
- Admin Tools – Session table repair & optimise
- Admin Tools – Clean up session metadata
- Admin Tools – Cache clean-up
- Admin Tools – Clean up the temporary directory
- Admin Tools – Delete inactive users
- Admin Tools – Auto-import configuration
- Admin Tools – Reset Joomla! Update
- Rescue Mode
- Custom public folder
- Troubleshooting guide
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- Administrator password protection issues
- New Super Users are blocked and deactivated after login
- Can not create or edit Managers, Administrators, Super Administrators using Admin Tools (403 error thrown)
- Locked out of my site after applying a .htaccess using Admin Tools' .htaccess Maker
- Admin Tools' Web Application Firewall (WAF) locked you out of your site
- My components, modules or templates stopped working after using Admin Tools .htaccess Maker and how to determine and apply exceptions
- I created a .htaccess file on my main site and I can't access my other domains / subdirectories on the same account
- The administrator secret URL parameter is not working
- There are too many security exceptions. Should I be worried?
- 3. Admin Tools Command Line Interface
- A. GNU General Public License version 3
- B. GNU Free Documentation License
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