Cpanel / WHM install / hostname set-up / issue

Hello,

I have installed cPanel on my CentOS cloud from rackspace.

What I've done, and in what order:

1. changed the nameservers to point to rackspace from namecheap cpanel
2. set-up the domain etc.com in rackspace's domain management area
3. added A records for hostname.etc.com and www.hostname.etc.com, with the servers ip in rackspace's domain management area, with TTL of 3600
4. set-up the hostname as hostname.etc.com before the cpanel install, in comand line
5. installed cPanel and WHM with a successfull message, in comand line
6. By typing hostname -d -v I can see that my hostname is setup and it's name is hostname.etc.com
7. Ping hostname.etc.com and etc.com (which now has my new servers IP address) successfull

Wasn't I supposed to access the WHM by typing https://hostname.etc.com:2087 then? It doesn't work.

Please give me a hint of what I've done wrong, I have been looking for similar cases but couldn't find anything relevant or that works for me.

Thank you.

 

I was able to figure out what's going on couple hours after my post but couldn't edit mine as wasn't approved. I have disabled the iptables, now I would like to know what implications does this action have? I know, nothing with regards cPanel, but generally speaking, is this a major issue for the other services?

I am not very familiar with all this server management thing and I wouldn't feel comfortable working with iptables or installing other firewall unless extremely user friendly.

One more thing, is there a way I can test if cPanel works properly so I can start creating accounts and move them already? Where should I look for errors, what are the common things that are happening?