Before knowing How to check the cPanel and WHM license, We have to know about cPanel and WHM. cPanel is a web hosting control panel software created by cPanel, LLC. It provides a graphical interface & automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a website for the website owner or “end user”. And (Webhost Manager) WHM is an administrative control tool that allows users to manage the back-end of multiple cPanel accounts. WHM also allows you to manage individual accounts as well as set server-side limits.
If you run a cPanel server, it’s important to make sure your license is active and up to date. A cPanel license gives you access to the latest features and updates for your server, and keeping your license active ensures that your server stays compliant with the latest security standards.
How to check cPanel and WHM license
There are 3 systems to check and verify if your license is valid or not.
System 1: To find your license information, go to the cPanel login page and enter the username and password you created when you installed cPanel. If you want to know if your license is active or not, go to the License tab in the cPanel dashboard. The license expiration date will be displayed in the License Status column of this table.
System 2: To check the cPanel license status, follow the steps below:
- Open www.verify.cpanel.com URL in your browser.
- Type your domain or your server IP to check the license status.
- Click the “Verify License” button.
Now you can view the status of the purchased license
System 3:
Another way to check if your cPanel license is active is to run a command over SSH. 1st, log in to your server via SSH as the root user. Then, run the following command:
/usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
If your license is active, you will see a message that says, “Existing license verified successfully.” If your license has expired, you will see a “No such file or directory” message. In this case, you need to renew your license.
How to Activate The cPanel License
If your cPanel license is no longer active, you can follow the steps below to reinstall it and note that it will require root access to your server.
- Log in to your server via SSH as the root user.
- Run the command ‘/scripts/check_cpanel_license –force’ to check if your cPanel license is still active.
- If the output of the above command says that your license is no longer active, you can run ‘/scripts/reinstall_cpanel_license’ to reinstall your cPanel license.
- When the process is complete, you will see a message that your cPanel license has been successfully installed.
