I've got a server that I'm not using anymore and let the Cpanel license expire but I'm still getting "cPanel service SSL certificate warnings" email notifications from the server. I don't want to delete WHM/Cpanel just in case I need to re-activate it for some reason later. So looks like the SSL cert renewal function is still live despite not having a valid license for WHM/Cpanel. How do I stop the notifications?
Not sure if it's still current but I'm wondering if this thread will help you:
forums.cpanel.net
SSL Notifications in cPanel 68
Hello @stormy, I'm formulating my response based on the behavior in cPanel version 70, as it's nearing publication to the Current build tier (tentatively planned for the third week of January). cPanel version 68 becomes EOL once version 70 reaches the Stable build tier. 1. Tweak settings >...
The API function might be the best way to go about it if you're sure these are originating from the old server. The API function noted by @quietFinn can also be found here: WHM API 1 Functions - disable_autossl - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation
It looks like the API is disabled if there is no license file. The response I got using the command line command suggested is:
status: 0
statusmsg: Cannot Read License File
This appears to be a bug in that the ssl renewal still is running even though everything else is shutdown without an easy way to shut if off. Hopefully there's another solution but of course I can't even use Cpanel support with the server shutdown. I may need to just renew the license to shut it off but that seems like it should really be unecessary so maybe there'a a hack I can use like rename the file with the code that runs to renew the cert.
status: 0
statusmsg: Cannot Read License File
This appears to be a bug in that the ssl renewal still is running even though everything else is shutdown without an easy way to shut if off. Hopefully there's another solution but of course I can't even use Cpanel support with the server shutdown. I may need to just renew the license to shut it off but that seems like it should really be unecessary so maybe there'a a hack I can use like rename the file with the code that runs to renew the cert.
You might change the email address, is it sending to the server administrator address or the cPanel account administrator?
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