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Help setting up a OpenSSL Cert
| Posted by ThatNerd2049, 08-22-2012, 05:52 PM |
| Hello me and a friend are setting up a website. We would like to setup a OpenSSL cert for our domain and subdomains but we cant really figure out how we are supposed to do so. We would greatly appreciate your help in figuring this out. Please explain in detail.
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| Posted by fabin, 08-22-2012, 06:04 PM |
| You will need to buy a wildcard ssl certificate for that domain, so that it works for subdomains too. The exact way of installation will depend on your web server, control panel ( if any ) etc.
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| Posted by ThatNerd2049, 08-22-2012, 06:22 PM |
| Is there no such thing as a wildcard OpenSSL cert? We wanted to avoid the cost of a normal cert.
Last edited by ThatNerd2049; 08-22-2012 at 06:25 PM.
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| Posted by spykee, 08-22-2012, 06:32 PM |
| Do you really need SSL certs for subdomains? Yeah, your option here is Wildcard SSL cert which must be expensive.
If your server has a control panel (like Plesk or cPanel), you should generate first a CSR. You will need the CSR prior to purchasing the SSL cert.
Once you have the cert, install it into your control panel.
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| Posted by fabin, 08-22-2012, 06:36 PM |
| Are you looking for self-signed certificates? The visitors will see security warning when it is used.
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| Posted by ThatNerd2049, 08-23-2012, 12:12 PM |
| Maybe we can make due without SSL for our subdomains. We use cPanel so I will be sure to have that done before installing one.
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| Posted by BestServerSupport, 08-23-2012, 12:25 PM |
| If you do not want to use SSL for your subdomains then simple SSL will be fine. The cost will also be normal. You will find complete step by step details from below URL:
http://www.martfox.com/customer/know...in-cPanel.html
Please make sure you choose correct common name while generating CSR request. www.yourdomain.com OR without www. People will see domain mismatch error if you choose incorrect common name. Generate 2048 bit CSR.
If you are not so experienced then I would suggest you to contact your hosting provider to set up SSL for you.
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| Posted by ThatNerd2049, 08-23-2012, 12:34 PM |
| Darn it maybe OpenSSL was not a good idea after all.
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| Posted by BestServerSupport, 08-23-2012, 01:04 PM |
| What happened?
Take a look at RapidSSL certificates. They provide SSL certificates in affordable costs and also provide good support.
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| Posted by dareORdie, 08-23-2012, 01:07 PM |
| If you want SSL certificate your subdomain then you go for wildcard SSL its support to subdomains.
Thanks
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| Posted by Johnel, 08-23-2012, 03:17 PM |
| Wildcard SSL: Secures single Fully Qualified Domain Name and unlimited subdomains using a single SSL Certificate issued to *.domain.com www.yourdomain.com yourdomain.com subdomain1.yourdomain.com subdomain2.yourdomain.com
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