I’m using Plesk Obsidian and I need to host an application on it (a website builder).
On this application, users can create websites on subdomains, and the application will determines what website to show itself by checking the subdomain. Multiples main domain are available.
website1.domain1.com
website2.domain2.com
website3.domain3.com
All the main domains (domain1.com, domain2.com and domain3.com) and also all the subdomains must:
Go to the same directory in server
Be secured by a SSL certificate
Also, as users can also have a custom domain, I need to be able to add it and set the same directory in server and get a SSL certificate.
I’ve tried to create a service plan and a subscription and added the first domain (domain1.com) to it.
For the others domains, I’ve added an alias (domain2.com and domain3.com).
The problem is that I can’t add the wildcard for those 2 domains and have a wildcard SSL neither.
So accessing to anything.domain2.com result to a NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID error.
For others domains set as alias, SSL need to be regenerated each time we add a new domain and they're are bonded to the main domain...
If it's not possible through Plesk interface, I'm not against build a custom script launched in command line.
However, I don't know were I can put those custom generated virtualhosts without risking to be erased on Plesk update.
You can set up a wildcard SSL as far as you use a CA that admits wildcards on the SAN (which nowadays are almost all of them).
Concretely, if you want free certificates issued by Let's Encrypt, you just need to follow the following steps:
Log in to Plesk
Install the Plesk extensions SSL It! and Let's Encrypt
Go to Domains > domain1.com > Hosting Settings
Make sure SSL/TLS support is enabled
Go to Domains > domain1.com > SSL/TLS Certificates
Click on Install > More options > Install a free basic certificate provided by Let's Encrypt
Select explicitly Secure the wildcard domain
Click on Get it free
Same for the rest of the domains.
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I have searched and have not been able to find anything helpful.
I have a mydomain.com that is setup to allow wildcard subdomains (*.mydomain.com).
I need to be able to have clientdomain.com point to clientdomain.mydomain.com.
I've setup a CNAME clientdomain.com > clientdomain.mydomain.com, though I get the standard CPANEL error page since clientdomain.com is not configured on that host.
I need to be able to do this on the fly - so I cannot ad a hostrecord for each domain, unless there is a way to do it programmatically.
CNAME record will not work as the parent and source domains are not hosted on the same server.
You will have to the redirection feature in cpanel to get this task done by creating proper subdomain. You can set the redirection through redirection option in cpanel.
Decided to move from a shared hosting platform to an AWS based Hosting Environment (Acquia Cloud specifically). This environment doesn't offer e-mail services so the client kept the shared hosting to continue using that for email (they didn't want to spend the extra $2400 per year for G Suite Email Hosting).
In order to achieve this, we worked with the new host to use the shared site as a pass through so that the emails still go there, and the web traffic goes to the new server.
The nameservers go to the shared host. We have a DNS Cname www.example.com pointed to the new AWS server and the A record pointed at the shared host. It was the only way to keep the email still running. When we pointed the A record, that's when email went down. This was the suggestion from the hosting company.
So now if they go to http://example.com, https://www.example.com, http://www.example.com and www.example.com it all works fine, no problem. However if they go to https://example.com they get this issue right here:
1:
When we moved to the new host, the SSL certificate went with it. This causes some Search Engine Issues. I have an .htaccess redirect set up, but it still gives that error.
This is what myself and both hosting companies could best come up with, and it's not a great solution.
Is there a solution other than:
Carrying an SSL Certificate for both accounts
Moving email to a 3rd party provider like gmail
If there isn't we are going to go with one of these options, but I figured I'd ask first.
The only issue here is your certificate does not have example.com in your certificate SAN (Subject Alternative Name). By default, you should get this in your SAN but few CA don't provide it under SAN unless and until you tell them. Kindly find the image for your reference. If you have windows OS just save your certificate file in .crt or .cer format to view the SAN.
Else you can use below command if you Linux OS and the certificate is installed on the server
openssl s_client -connect website.com:443 | openssl x509 -noout -text | grep DNS
It will list the SAN
I have two hosting accounts (Personal one and a work one). I am doing some testing and would like to create a subdomain of a work domain (manage.domain.com) and host it on my personal account. Currently, my personal host is through 1and1 and is dedicated while the work one is shared with GoDaddy.
Work
I have gone into go daddy and created the subdomain. I have also added DNS records such as A, AAAA AND NS (i did not record a CNAME). I have noticed that if is type manage.domain.com it is redirecting to my personal server. However, it is directing to the blank admin page of the root of the server (which is maintained using Plesk).
Personal
Using Plesk I added the website (domain.com) and created the subdomain (manage.domain.com). I have also updated the websites hosting access using Plesk and assigned it the default values of my personal account. Using Plesk I also set the subdomain to the particular location of the files I want to test. However, I cannot get my server to recognize the address and redirect it to the proper location.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
J
You can just create:
in personal account domain(not subdomain) manage.domain.com
on domain.com add DNS record of type A, name "manage" and IP address of personal hosting:
After that "manage.domain.com" will resolving to hosting of your personal account and can be accessed because such domain exists.
I figured it out
What i did above was correct expect do not change the name servers on the work DNS(godaddy).
Add the website to plesk - it will give you an error about not being able to control the DNS settings which you have already adjusted on the original server (godaddy)
Add a subdomain of the website.
*** Ensure the subdomain is pointed to the correct folder within your server
Done
I'm developing an application on Azure VM and would like to secure it by using the wildcard SSL certificate that I'm already using with my main domain. The SSL cert works with any *.mydomain.com and the application on Azure VM is accessible through myapplication.cloudapp.net
Based on the research that I've done, CNAME should be the best option to do that (I can't use A record since we need to shutdown the VMs every week and turn them back on the next week and will lose the ip addresses).
My two questions are:
How can I have myapplication.cloudapp.net be shown as subdomain.mydomain.com?
Will doing that make it possible for wildcard SSL certificate to be used for Azure application too?
How can I have myapplication.cloudapp.net be shown as
subdomain.mydomain.com?
Yes - this is just the CNAME forwarding and ensuring that the appropriate SSL certificate is installed on the server.
Will doing that make it possible for wildcard SSL certificate to be used for Azure application too?
Well as you're already exposing the Application through the VM - this should happen seemlessly.
Just a word of caution, you mention that you're using the certificate on the main domain, but haven't mentioned where you're using this. Be aware that, out-of-the-box, you can only assign one SSL per HTTPS endpoint. You can enable multiple SSL certificates on an Endpoint for Azure / IIS using Server Name Identification and can be enabled directly or automatically. If you do take this route, remember to configure your SNI bindings first, then apply the default binding - it kinda screws up otherwise.
I am going to set up secure hosting through my hosting company for a facebook app, I am wondering if it is possible to host multiple apps under one domain, one unique IP and one SSL certificate because multiple IPs and certificates cost more money and a wild card certificate is not an option.
Also let's say the content for app is under http://www.site.com/content/app1
when the SSL is added can the content be still under the same folder and accessed via
https://www.site.com/content/app1.
Thank you.
Not a problem. Just put them into separate subfolders on your server. When you setup your app just set the URL's to the subfolders.