If you get the following:
server# ./getLicense.sh 1234 5678 --13:13:11-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/licenseupdate?lid=1234&uid=5678 => `/usr/local/directadmin/conf/license.key' Resolving www.directadmin.com... 66.51.122.131 Connecting to www.directadmin.com|66.51.122.131|:443... connected. ERROR: Certificate verification error for www.directadmin.com: unable to get local issuer certificate To connect to www.directadmin.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. Unable to establish SSL connection. Error downloading the license file
You'll need to recompile a new wget binary for your system:
Note that the tar.gz package in the above link has been modified from the original; the certificate checks have been removed to prevent the error.
On debian, one can just install ca-certificates to provide the “local issuer certificates” that wget is looking for:
apt-get install ca-certificates