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Manual SSL Installation via ZeroSSL

Manually install an SSL certificate on your cPanel hostname using ZeroSSL.

SharedLicense TeamUpdated May 8, 20268 min read

Generate CSR

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout /root/hostname.key -out /root/hostname.csr

Get Certificate

Use the CSR content to generate a certificate at ZeroSSL. Then upload the certificate files to your server.

Install Certificate

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/whmapi1 install_service_ssl_certificate service=whm key=/root/hostname.key cert=/root/certificate.crt

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