Fix Expired License Error with WHM

This article goes over correcting a license error you may receive when logging into WHM.  If this cannot be corrected with this scipt, you will need to contact us.

  1. If upon logging into WHM you receive an error about the WHM/cPanel license expiring, log into SSH.
  2. Once logged into SSH as the root user, run the following command:
  3. /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
  4. Once the command is run, the following response should be displayed:
  5. Updating Internal cPanel Information.....Done
  6. Attempt again to log into the WHM interface at https://<ip_address>:2087.  If the license is still showing as expired, try going to http://www.cpanel.net/apps/verify and verifying the license is active by entering in the main IP address of the server.  If all else fails, please contact support and we can correct it for you.  We will need the root username and password of the server to correct the error.