diff --git a/deploy/cpanel.sh b/deploy/cpanel.sh
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index bf1332ff..00000000
--- a/deploy/cpanel.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-#Here is the script to deploy the cert to your cpanel account by the cpanel APIs.
-
-#returns 0 means success, otherwise error.
-
-#export DEPLOY_CPANEL_USER=myusername
-#export DEPLOY_CPANEL_PASSWORD=PASSWORD
-
-########  Public functions #####################
-
-#domain keyfile certfile cafile fullchain
-cpanel_deploy() {
-  _cdomain="$1"
-  _ckey="$2"
-  _ccert="$3"
-  _cca="$4"
-  _cfullchain="$5"
-
-  _debug _cdomain "$_cdomain"
-  _debug _ckey "$_ckey"
-  _debug _ccert "$_ccert"
-  _debug _cca "$_cca"
-  _debug _cfullchain "$_cfullchain"
-
-  _err "Not implemented yet"
-  return 1
-
-}
diff --git a/deploy/cpanel_uapi.sh b/deploy/cpanel_uapi.sh
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index 00000000..ded50d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/cpanel_uapi.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Here is the script to deploy the cert to your cpanel using the cpanel API.
+# Uses command line uapi.  --user option is needed only if run as root.
+# Returns 0 when success.
+# Written by Santeri Kannisto <santeri.kannisto@2globalnomads.info>
+# Public domain, 2017
+
+#export DEPLOY_CPANEL_USER=myusername
+
+########  Public functions #####################
+
+#domain keyfile certfile cafile fullchain
+
+cpanel_uapi() {
+  _cdomain="$1"
+  _ckey="$2"
+  _ccert="$3"
+  _cca="$4"
+  _cfullchain="$5"
+
+  _debug _cdomain "$_cdomain"
+  _debug _ckey "$_ckey"
+  _debug _ccert "$_ccert"
+  _debug _cca "$_cca"
+  _debug _cfullchain "$_cfullchain"
+
+  # read cert and key files and urlencode both
+  _certstr=$(cat "$_ccert")
+  _keystr=$(cat "$_ckey")
+  _cert=$(php -r "echo urlencode(\"$_certstr\");")
+  _key=$(php -r "echo urlencode(\"$_keystr\");")
+
+  _debug _cert "$_cert"
+  _debug _key "$_key"
+
+  if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
+    _response=$(uapi --user="$DEPLOY_CPANEL_USER" SSL install_ssl domain="$_cdomain" cert="$_cert" key="$_key")
+  else
+    _response=$(uapi SSL install_ssl domain="$_cdomain" cert="$_cert" key="$_key")
+  fi
+
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    _err "Error in deploying certificate:"
+    _err "$_response"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug response "$_response"
+  _info "Certificate successfully deployed"
+  return 0
+}