{"id":259,"date":"2012-10-09T04:46:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T04:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=259"},"modified":"2022-02-22T10:28:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:28:31","slug":"how-to-update-cpanel-license-on-your-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-update-cpanel-license-on-your-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update cPanel license on your server ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When accessing cPanel OR WHM you see message which says cPanel license is not activated. There are 3 reasons behind it.<\/p>\n<p>1. cPanel license not activated. Access verify.cpanel.net. Check if the license is activated on server IP. If is is not, you will have to opt for one.<\/p>\n<p>2. cPanel license activated but not updated. If cPanel license is purchased, you will have to update it on the server as root via SSH. Execute the command <strong>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/cpkeyclt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. 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