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title date draft slug dnsprovider
CPanel/WHM 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00 false cpanel
since code url
v4.16.0 cpanel https://cpanel.net/

Configuration for CPanel/WHM.

  • Code: cpanel
  • Since: v4.16.0

Here is an example bash command using the CPanel/WHM provider:

### CPANEL (default)

CPANEL_USERNAME="yyyy" \
CPANEL_TOKEN="xxxx" \
CPANEL_BASE_URL="https://example.com:2083" \
lego --dns cpanel -d '*.example.com' -d example.com run

## WHM

CPANEL_MODE=whm \
CPANEL_USERNAME="yyyy" \
CPANEL_TOKEN="xxxx" \
CPANEL_BASE_URL="https://example.com:2087" \
lego --dns cpanel -d '*.example.com' -d example.com run

Credentials

Environment Variable Name Description
CPANEL_BASE_URL API server URL
CPANEL_TOKEN API token
CPANEL_USERNAME username

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

Additional Configuration

Environment Variable Name Description
CPANEL_HTTP_TIMEOUT API request timeout in seconds (Default: 30)
CPANEL_MODE use cpanel API or WHM API (Default: cpanel)
CPANEL_POLLING_INTERVAL Time between DNS propagation check in seconds (Default: 2)
CPANEL_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation in seconds (Default: 120)
CPANEL_TTL The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge in seconds (Default: 300)

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

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