Follow these instructions to install your SSL server certificate. Your SSL server certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the web server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message. Copy the certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a simple text editor, […]
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How do I install an SSL certificate in Apache2?
Follow these instructions to install your SSL server certificate. Your SSL server certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the web server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message. Copy the certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a simple text editor, […]
How do I generate a CSR in Windows 2008 with IIS?
Follow these instructions to generate a 2048-bit certificate request (CSR). Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. From the Start button select Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services Manager. In the IIS Manager, select the server node on the top left under Connections In the Features pane (the middle pane), double-click the Server […]
How do I generate a CSR in Unix/Linux?
A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is an intermediate form of an SSL certificate that enables a Certificate Authority (CA) to generate a signed SSL certificate and verify the identity of a domain’s owner. This intermediate form is used to avoid exposing private RSA keys to a 3rd party which preserves the integrity of the encryption […]
How do I purchase an SSL certificate?
To purchase or renew an SSL certificate, you can place and order by following these steps: * From the main page of MyCP, click “Order Upgrades/Add-ons” under the Plan Admin section.. * On the Add-Ons order form page, scroll all the way to the bottom to view the various SSL certificate options. Select an […]
How do I renew an SSL certificate?
There is no way to renew an SSL Certificate. When existing Certificates expire, a new one must be ordered. * From the main page of MyCP, click “Order Upgrades/Add-Ons” under the Plan Admin section. * On the Add-Ons order form page, scroll all the way to the bottom to view the various SSL certificate […]
Useful commands to run from an SSH connection
find / -perm 0777 -type d >> opendirs.txt Creates a list of all “world-writable” folders on the server, meaning that anyone can edit or add to the contents of this folder. Permissions on folders that are public-facing (e.g. public_html/ and any of its subdirectories) should never be set to 777 if at all avoidable, as […]
Where in WHM do I set a PTR/reverse DNS record for my IPs?
Your IPs PTR records need to be set in your myCP control panel, not WHM/Cpanel. The link in particular is: Add / Edit Reverse DNS records If your account is a VPS, you will need to open a support ticket. Please indicate what record entry you want for each IP in your account.
My WHM/cPanel question isn’t listed here
cPanel/WHM documentation, a wiki, and a large number of faqs can be found at: https://documentation.cpanel.net/
Frontpage and WHM/cPanel
FrontPage support is still available through EasyApache, although there are some common issues that arise from time to time. The vast majority of FrontPage issues can be fixed by running /scripts/initsuexec If the above does not work, often times simply uninstalling and reinstalling FrontPage extensions for the problematic domain in question serves to fix the […]
