Transistor Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 With cPanel I log in with https://mydomain.com:2083 How do I log in securely to WHMCS? (I've searched the KB, forums and Google and couldn't find any help.) Many thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dominic Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Configure the SSL options in whmcs > general configuration Also, use https://... to access the admin area 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Transistor Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 Six minute response time! Not bad. I'll try that later. Many thanks, Dominic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dominic Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Bear in mind you'll need your server setup for SSL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 brianoz Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Bear in mind you'll need your server setup for SSL I think Godaddy has SSL certs for under $25... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adam Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Bear in mind you'll need your server setup for SSL I think Godaddy has SSL certs for under $25... Hey, You do NOT need to buy an SSL cert. cPanel can issue one it self - self signed SSL. From, Adam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 brianoz Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Self signed certs are fine for admin-only access, but if you have a client accessing the area it looks really unprofessional if they have to OK a certificate ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 generic Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 the planet has then for $14.95 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adam Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Hey, Either way, if you want SSL to work, you need to BUY an SSL cert of each domain hosted on that server. So unless you want to waste money, just use the self singed from cPanel/WHM. From, Adam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 brianoz Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 You only need to buy an SSL cert for your billing domain, which might be the same as your main domain or might be a subdomain. The self signed cert from cpanel will prompt the user, and that will make you look like a backyard host. If you can't afford $14.95 or $25 to put SSL on your billing domain ... well, I won't draw conclusions, but you just can't be serious! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adam Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Hey, No, you should use a real SSL cert for your billing domain. However for the global cPanel/WHM login it self, do go out and buy a cert. You will need to get a new SSL cert for each customer that uses that server if you do not want it to error out. From, Adam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 brianoz Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Ahh ... sorry; I feel stupid now! I don't bother with certs for each account, that's ridiculous, unless they want to pay enough for me to get them their own cert. The self signed cert is definitely enough for WHM and cpanel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dominic Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Hey, No, you should use a real SSL cert for your billing domain. However for the global cPanel/WHM login it self, do go out and buy a cert. You will need to get a new SSL cert for each customer that uses that server if you do not want it to error out. From, Adam I think you've completely missed the mark in this thread He wasn't asking anything to do with cPanel, he was just using the URL format as an example of how he does a secure login and wondering if there were any similarities - which, of course, there aren't, other than the https:// at the start For cPanel, buy a cert for the server's hostname and redirect http://www.domain.com/cpanel to https://hostname:2083, that solves the ssl login errors for cPanel - no need to buy a cert for each domain! </ramble> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adam Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Hey, No, you should use a real SSL cert for your billing domain. However for the global cPanel/WHM login it self, do go out and buy a cert. You will need to get a new SSL cert for each customer that uses that server if you do not want it to error out. From, Adam I think you've completely missed the mark in this thread He wasn't asking anything to do with cPanel, he was just using the URL format as an example of how he does a secure login and wondering if there were any similarities - which, of course, there aren't, other than the https:// at the start For cPanel, buy a cert for the server's hostname and redirect http://www.domain.com/cpanel to https://hostname:2083, that solves the ssl login errors for cPanel - no need to buy a cert for each domain! </ramble> Threads already off topic. But thats not true. SSL cert is only for one domain, so lets say you want one for the hostname (cool.server.com) cPanel makes its own SSL cert for cool.server.com. However if you have a website called hosting.com and go to like hosting.com/cpanel doesn't matter if you bought an SSL cert for cpanel or used the default one with cpanel its going to error out as the cert is only meant for cool.server.com From, Adam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 brianoz Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 But thats not true. SSL cert is only for one domain, so lets say you want one for the hostname (cool.server.com) cPanel makes its own SSL cert for cool.server.com. However if you have a website called hosting.com and go to like hosting.com/cpanel doesn't matter if you bought an SSL cert for cpanel or used the default one with cpanel its going to error out as the cert is only meant for cool.server.com Adam, you're missing the point he made - cpanel will redirect to the host's domain name if you ask it to, there's a setting for that, which will stop any extra confirmations for SSL certs. We don't do that as it annoys resellers who like to brand their cpanel access. In any case, the server cert is fine as they just have to OK it and they're in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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