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Old hostname shows up in new hostname certificates

Violet Browning
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Symptoms

When a hostname certificate is issued, you will notice that the certificate includes the server's previous hostname.

 

Description 

When preparing a new certificate request, the checkallsslcerts script looks at the current hostname and previous hostnames that resolve to the server. This data is stored in the following file:

/var/cpanel/hostname_history.json

 

Workaround

  1. Move hostname_history.json out of the way. 
    mv -v /var/cpanel/hostname_history.json{,.$(date +%s)}
  2. Move hostname_cert_csrs out of the way. 
    mv -v /var/cpanel/hostname_cert_csrs{,.$(date +%s)}
  3. Run the checkallsslcerts script to order a new certificate. 
    /usr/local/cpanel/bin/checkallsslcerts

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