VPS & Dedicated Hosting: Resetting SSL's for Server Services
The management of SSL certificates is very important in order to maintain the integrity and security of your VPS or dedicated server. This is an in-depth walkthrough on resetting SSL certificates for the services running through the server. Thus, keeping those services running on your server, like WHM, cPanel, and email, in case of instances like this will continue to be safe and authenticated. This, however, requires you to go through the WHM interface to manage and reprovision SSL certificates to ensure they are actually updated and correctly installed.
In this article, we'll discuss:
- Resetting the Certificates for your Server's Services
- Manage Service SSL Certificates
- Run cPanel's Automated Scripts in Terminal
- Summary
Resetting the Certificates for your Server's Services
Shortly before the SSL Certificates for the server's services expire, WHM will notify you via email that they will be expiring soon. To begin, you need to log into WHM.
It is important to review your server from time to time to ensure its services, for example, making sure EXIM has an SSL certificate installed properly. These certificates are important to authenticate when you sign in to your secured ports. Here are the following examples:
- Your-server name-ip:2087 - resolves to a secured WHM login page.
- Your-server name-ip:2096 - resolves to a secured email sign-in page.
- Your-server name-ip:2084 - resolves to a secured cPanel page.
Manage Service SSL Certificates
- In the search field on the upper left-hand side of the page, enter Service Configuration.
- Choose the Manage Service SSL Certificates tool from the list.
You can view and reset your certificates through this menu. Once you reprovision a new certificate, they will often be 'self-signed' certificates.
Note: It is not ideal as self-signed certificates lead to security warnings when visiting pages.
In this case, it is recommended to provide a new certificate for your site to use one of the cPanel's automated scripts.
Run cPanel's Automated Scripts in Terminal
- In the search field located on the upper left-hand side of the page, enter Terminal.
- Select the Terminal tool.
- Please enter this command script in the terminal: /scripts/upcp
Your server will automatically update and reprovision any misaligned certificates on your services, so it will scan all service-level certificates and replace them as needed, besides updating your cPanel.
Summary
In summary, updating and managing your SSL certificates is extremely important for security pertaining to VPS or dedicated servers. Keeping up-to-date SSL certificates saves your server from possible threats and also ensures a seamless, secure experience for your users.
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