How to replace IP in cPanel WHM URL with host domain name?

[petenorris]

Hello Forum;

Question: How do I replace the IP in the cPanel WHM URL with the host domain name?

At the present I am setting up a new cPanel account.

I am using the host domain name for the nameservers like below:
ns1.mysecurename.com
ns2.mysecurename.com
ns3.mysecurename.com
ns4.mysecurename.com

I need to replace the IP address in the URL with another domain name, preferably mysecurename.com, like shown below.




At the present I do not have any secure sites configured on my server.


Thank you in advance.

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! You could use the hostname of the server, which should already be configured when the server was created, although you may want to change it to something more personal to your system:

Change Hostname | cPanel & WHM Documentation

This interface allows you to change your server's hostname.

docs.cpanel.net

Once the hostname is in place, cPanel will create a free SSL certificate for it, and then you can start using it to access WHM and cPanel instead of using the IP address.

 

[petenorris]

The hostname is in place. Assigning or changing the hostname was about the first thing that I did.

 

[cPRex]

You can update the redirection option in WHM >> Tweak Settings to always go to the hostname:

Tweak Settings | cPanel & WHM Documentation

This interface allows you to configure many cPanel & WHM settings.

docs.cpanel.net

Can you try that?

 

[petenorris]

I don't think that a redirect would help.

Question: Does the host domain name need to have an account under Home/SSL/TLS/Manage SSL Hosts?

 

[cPRex]

I have a few thoughts.

First of all a single domain is not the hostname. cPanel requires the hostname to be a fully-qualified domain, such as host.domain.com or server1.domain.com. Just "domain.com" is not a valid hostname.

Yes, it is normal for the domain (just the domain.com portion, not the full hostname) to be in Manage SSL Hosts.

What issue is leading you to see the IP instead of the hostname in the browser? How are you getting to that point? I think that's what we need to know first before we can recommend anything.

 

[petenorris]

I got it figured out.

Thank you.

 

[cPRex]

What was the solution you found?

 

[petenorris]

I needed to put the subdomain name before the tld domain name like so:

https://host.domain.com:2087

(I changed the hostname from primary to host)

That was such a simple solution. I have been pulling my hair out since yesterday.

 

[cPRex]

I'm glad that's all it was!