If you install version 8.8 stable there is an error in the installation which locks you out of the secure ports. For example you can manage WHM by going to http://IP-address:2086, but you cannot access through SSL on port 2087 (https://IP-address:2087).

This is caused by cPanel not creating a directory in the cPanel directory during the install. Here is how you can fix this:

The missing directory is:

/usr/local/cpanel/var/run/stunnel

Login to root via ssh and create the /var, /run and /stunnel directories.

You will then need to chown all directories to 'cpanel:cpanel'.

Then at the command line run the following command:

/usr/local/cpanel/startstunnel

This will fix the problem and you should be able to access WHM through the secure port.

Hey thanks! Worked great. Here I thought the server I just got had ports blocked lol.

-Dave

No problem Dave; glad I could help someone. I think this is a pretty big bug which needs to be fixed soon.

I have the directories mentioned but stunnel still crashes under RHEL3.

It is a new CP install on a new server.

Those directories where not there intially. I get the pid file generated but as soon as I try to connect via the 2087 port it goes away.

Any ideas?