{"id":1071,"date":"2014-11-22T03:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T03:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qbytes.cloud\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2014-11-22T03:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T03:06:16","slug":"add-wildcard-ssl-multi-domain-ucsan-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2014\/11\/22\/add-wildcard-ssl-multi-domain-ucsan-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Wildcard SSL or multi-domain or UC\/SAN SSL certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"SSLFAQandTroubleshooting-Whatisamulti-domainorUC\/SANSSLcertificate?\">What is a multi-domain or UC\/SAN SSL\u00a0certificate?<\/h3>\n<p>Multi-domain certificates are SSL certificates that allow you to secure multiple, potentially unrelated domains with a single\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">certificate<\/span>. This includes UCC\/SAN certificates and wildcard certificates. Unified Communications\/Subject Alternate Name (UC\/SAN) Certificates are SSL certificates that allow you to specify a list of hostnames that the same\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">certificate protects.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aui-message warning shadowed information-macro\">\n<p class=\"title\">Note:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aui-icon icon-warning\">Icon<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"message-content\">\n<p>You must reissue these certificates each time that you add a new hostname.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"SSLFAQandTroubleshooting-WhatisawildcardSSLcertificate?\">What is a wildcard SSL\u00a0certificate?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">A wildcard certificate allows you to install the same certificate on any number of subdomains if they share an IP address.\u00a0You can apply a wildcard certificate to services in WHM\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.cpanel.net\/display\/ALD\/Manage+Service+SSL+Certificates\">Manage Service SSL Certificates<\/a><\/em> interface <em>(Home &gt;&gt; Service Configuration &gt;&gt; Manage Service SSL Certificates<\/em>).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For example, if you have a wildcard\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">certificate<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">*.example.com<\/pre>\n<p>, you can use it to securely connect to\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">mail.example.com<\/pre>\n<p>\u00a0and <\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">www.example.com<\/pre>\n<p>, but not to\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">example.com<\/pre>\n<p>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">root<\/pre>\n<p>\u00a0user may install a wildcard\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">certificate<\/span>\u00a0on a collection of subdomains that are associated with a single root domain on multiple IP addresses. If multiple IP addresses are used, a user on the server must not own the\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">root<\/pre>\n<p> domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"SSLFAQandTroubleshooting-Whatisthedifferencebetweenawildcardandawebservercertificate?\">What is the difference between a wildcard and a webserver certificate?<\/h3>\n<p>Webserver certificates only allow you to secure a single domain. Wildcard certificates allow you to secure a domain and an unlimited number of subdomains. For example, if you wish to secure\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">store.example.com<\/pre>\n<p>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">blog.example.com<\/pre>\n<p>, you can use a single wildcard\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">certificate<\/span>\u00a0to do so. However, each\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">subdomain<\/span>\u00a0will require its own dedicated\u00a0<span class=\"twikiAnchorLink\">IP address<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a multi-domain or UC\/SAN SSL\u00a0certificate? Multi-domain certificates are SSL certificates that allow you to secure multiple, potentially unrelated domains with a single\u00a0certificate. This includes UCC\/SAN certificates and wildcard certificates. Unified Communications\/Subject Alternate Name (UC\/SAN) Certificates are SSL certificates that allow you to specify a list of hostnames that the same\u00a0certificate protects. Note: Icon &#8230; <a title=\"Add Wildcard SSL or multi-domain or UC\/SAN SSL certificate\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2014\/11\/22\/add-wildcard-ssl-multi-domain-ucsan-ssl-certificate\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Add Wildcard SSL or multi-domain or UC\/SAN SSL certificate\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-sslcertificates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}