No SSL for WHM

[Networkologist]

I'm at a loss. Tried everything Google said

Hoping for a one click install but will appreciate any help

 

[ResellerWiz]

Can you be more specific?

 

[cPRex]

There shouldn't be any clicking required to get the free hostname SSL that cPanel provides, so I am also not sure what you mean by "one-click installation." If you have any additional details to provide that would be helpful, but showing us the output from /usr/local/cpanel/bin/checkallsslcerts (with any domains or IP addresses obfuscated for security) may be helpful as well.

 

[Networkologist]

Hosting with Linode and it may have something to do with my not knowing how to setup a proper reverse dns. Currently its:

69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com

I ran:
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/checkallsslcerts

and get:

cpcalendars.secure.highdesertdigital.net: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??cpcalendars.secure.highdesertdigital.netâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
www.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??www.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
whm.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??whm.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
mail.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??mail.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
cpanel.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??cpanel.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
webmail.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??webmail.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
cpcontacts.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??cpcontacts.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.
cpcalendars.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.com: Attempting HTTP DCV preflight check â?¦
â??cpcalendars.69-164-199-193.ip.linodeusercontent.comâ? does not resolve to any IP addresses on the internet.

 

[cPRex]

You'd need to change the system to a real hostname. The automatically-generated one from Linode isn't something you would be able to secure.

I'd configure the hostname, then give the system 24 hours or so for the DNS to propagate, and then I would expect the SSL to be installed automatically by cPanel.

 

[Networkologist]

You'd need to change the system to a real hostname. The automatically-generated one from Linode isn't something you would be able to secure.

I'd configure the hostname, then give the system 24 hours or so for the DNS to propagate, and then I would expect the SSL to be installed automatically by cPanel.

I Set up the hostname in WHM. I don't know what to change in Linodes "Manager" Or the ssh command to change it.

 

[cPRex]

Can you try using our guide here? Change Hostname | cPanel & WHM Documentation

 

[Networkologist]

From ssh:


[root@secure ~]# hostname
REDACTED
[root@secure ~]#

 

[cPRex]

That's a good sign. Ensuring that it was done through the WHM interface will make sure all the correct places on the server are updated, which seems like it wasn't the case since the checkallsslcerts command is showing the old default hostname. Can you try updating that again using the WHM tools?

I also see the hostname is responding in DNS to a 172.64.x.x IP address, so it seems all is well in the DNS configuration.

 

[Networkologist]

That's a good sign. Ensuring that it was done through the WHM interface will make sure all the correct places on the server are updated, which seems like it wasn't the case since the checkallsslcerts command is showing the old default hostname. Can you try updating that again using the WHM tools?

I also see the hostname is responding in DNS to a 172.64.x.x IP address, so it seems all is well in the DNS configuration.

Same. I'll try putting a ticket in to linode and post back.

 

[Networkologist]

err...

So my hostname was Proxied @ cloudflare so the CF IP was denied. When I "unchecked" the Proxy setting i.e. so it wasn't orange, Voila! Site is now SSL.

 

[cPRex]

Nice catch!