How to install multi-domain certificate in 11.40
There's so much out-of-date, confusing and somewhat lacking information surrounding SSL certificates on WHM/cPanel that I thought I'd ask some clear and simple questions and see if I can some clear and simple answers!
Setup: we have WHM/cPanel 11.40 on a private server. This server is for the sole use of a single business and will primarily host a Magento multi-store install in a single cPanel account. There may be other Wordpress sites at a later date in their own cPanel accounts (no SSL requirement on these). The server currently has a single IP address i.e. WHM, cPanel and the Magento site are all accessed on the same IP, but with multiple domains (DNS setup externally) i.e.
sites.domain.co.uk for WHM and cPanel.
store.domain.co.uk for Magento admin
store.domain1.co.uk for Magento store 1
store.domain2.co.uk for Magento store 2
We have currently installed a single domain certifcate in WHM for sites.domain.co.uk (working fine). We now need to install a multi-domain certificate for the Magento account to cover the admin domain as well as the initial two store domains. Further stores will be added later, each with their own domains. Once put live the stores themselves will switch to a www address (instead of store.xxx).
The question is where and (exactly) how (preferably with clear steps and examples) do we set this up in the simplest and most easy to manage way possible?
My understanding so far is that if we want to have 2 certificates on the server (one single domain for WHM/cPanel) and one multi-domain for the Magento cPanel account, then we'd need to have a separate IP assigned to the cPanel account - correct? In that case how do we go about this?
Assuming we assign a 2nd IP to the Magento cPanel account then we can request and install the Magento multi-domain certifcate from within the cPanel account - correct? This certicate would cover the 3 store.domain[x] domains but not the sites.domain domain which is for WHM/cPanel itself. Is there anything else needed then other than to install the certificate? Anything still need changing in http.conf (or whatever) in this version of cPanel?
However, if we don't assign a separate IP to the Magento cPanel account then I guess we'd have to replace the current WHM/cPanel certificate with a new multi-domain certificate that covers all 4 domains - correct? In that case how do we go about this and then correctly assign the certificate to also cover the Magento cPanel account and install?
Thanks in advance!
There's so much out-of-date, confusing and somewhat lacking information surrounding SSL certificates on WHM/cPanel that I thought I'd ask some clear and simple questions and see if I can some clear and simple answers!
Setup: we have WHM/cPanel 11.40 on a private server. This server is for the sole use of a single business and will primarily host a Magento multi-store install in a single cPanel account. There may be other Wordpress sites at a later date in their own cPanel accounts (no SSL requirement on these). The server currently has a single IP address i.e. WHM, cPanel and the Magento site are all accessed on the same IP, but with multiple domains (DNS setup externally) i.e.
sites.domain.co.uk for WHM and cPanel.
store.domain.co.uk for Magento admin
store.domain1.co.uk for Magento store 1
store.domain2.co.uk for Magento store 2
We have currently installed a single domain certifcate in WHM for sites.domain.co.uk (working fine). We now need to install a multi-domain certificate for the Magento account to cover the admin domain as well as the initial two store domains. Further stores will be added later, each with their own domains. Once put live the stores themselves will switch to a www address (instead of store.xxx).
The question is where and (exactly) how (preferably with clear steps and examples) do we set this up in the simplest and most easy to manage way possible?
My understanding so far is that if we want to have 2 certificates on the server (one single domain for WHM/cPanel) and one multi-domain for the Magento cPanel account, then we'd need to have a separate IP assigned to the cPanel account - correct? In that case how do we go about this?
Assuming we assign a 2nd IP to the Magento cPanel account then we can request and install the Magento multi-domain certifcate from within the cPanel account - correct? This certicate would cover the 3 store.domain[x] domains but not the sites.domain domain which is for WHM/cPanel itself. Is there anything else needed then other than to install the certificate? Anything still need changing in http.conf (or whatever) in this version of cPanel?
However, if we don't assign a separate IP to the Magento cPanel account then I guess we'd have to replace the current WHM/cPanel certificate with a new multi-domain certificate that covers all 4 domains - correct? In that case how do we go about this and then correctly assign the certificate to also cover the Magento cPanel account and install?
Thanks in advance!
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