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Question about wildcard SSL cert installation

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by noimad1, Jan 20, 2014.

  1. noimad1

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    I have an account in which I have multiple subdomains, such as "signup.mydomain.com, class.mydomain.com, etc".

    However, for security reasons, I created each of these subdomains as their own account in cpanel. I did this because I want to keep the wordpress installation separate from the signup files, and that all separate from my actual online course.

    Now, if each subdomain account has a dedicated IP address assigned to it, could I purchase one wildcard SSL certificate and install on each one? Or would have I have to purchase an SSL cert for each subdomain that I want to use?

    Anyone ever done something like this before?
     
    #1 noimad1, Jan 20, 2014
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    Hello :)

    Yes, a wildcard SSL certificate is suitable for subdomains of a single domain name. It's okay if these subdomains are on separate accounts.

    Thank you.
     
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    Thank you so much. Would I need to install it on each subdomain, or would just installing it on the main account work?
     
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    Yes, you should install the certificate on each individual subdomain via Web Host Manager.

    Thank you.
     
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