lego/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_cpanel.md

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 --email you@example.com --dns cpanel --domains my.example.org run

## WHM

CPANEL_MODE = whm
CPANEL_USERNAME = "yyyy"
CPANEL_TOKEN = "xxxx"
CPANEL_BASE_URL = "https://example.com:2087" \
lego --email you@example.com --dns cpanel --domains my.example.org 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
CPANEL_MODE	use cpanel API or WHM API (Default: cpanel)
CPANEL_POLLING_INTERVAL	Time between DNS propagation check
CPANEL_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT	Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation
CPANEL_REGION	The region
CPANEL_TTL	The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge

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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