{"id":18867,"date":"2024-05-25T12:57:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/how-to-fix-the-invalid-cpanel-license-error\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T16:45:09","slug":"how-to-fix-the-invalid-cpanel-license-error","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-fix-the-invalid-cpanel-license-error\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix the \u201cInvalid cPanel License\u201d Error?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are three reasons why the \u201cInvalid cPanel License\u201d error occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i. Your cPanel license has expired.<br>ii. Your server\u2019s IP has changed.<br>iii. Your license needs to be updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The error shows itself when you are&nbsp;logging into WHM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To&nbsp;Fix the \u201cInvalid cPanel License\u201d Error<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. You will need to verify if the license of your IP is still valid. To check that, open your internet browser and browse\u00a0http:\/\/verify.cpanel.net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Enter your IP address in the given field and click&nbsp;<strong>Verify License<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/verify_lic_cp_censored-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11561\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>3. Scroll down and you can see the&nbsp;<strong>License History<\/strong>&nbsp;for your IP. Check if the status is&nbsp;<strong>active<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/history_lic_cp_censored-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11562\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>4. If the status is&nbsp;<strong>active<\/strong>, log in to your server via&nbsp;<strong>SSH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Run the following command in the module:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/cpkeyclt<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lic_mod_cp.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11563\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This command will update your&nbsp;license and fix the error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three reasons why the \u201cInvalid cPanel License\u201d error occurs. i. Your cPanel license has expired.ii. Your server\u2019s IP has changed.iii. Your license needs to be updated. The error shows itself when you are&nbsp;logging into WHM. To&nbsp;Fix the \u201cInvalid cPanel License\u201d Error 1. You will need to verify if the license of your IP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23377,"menu_order":1408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18867","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18870,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18867\/revisions\/18870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/23377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}