How can you set up a Wildcard SSL on Cpanel/WHM?

A Wildcard Certificate means your entire sub domains will resolve to the same location, no matter of the non SSL Document Root spec. A consumer will require buying a wildcard SSL from a vendor / a reseller that supplies them and .Similar to having multiple certificates installed on a server, apiece sub domain containing the certificate requires its own IP also.

Wildcard SSLs do not work such as Wildcard DNS you will have to specifically install the certificate for each sub-domain. The Following are the two methods to set a Wildcard SSL for a domain Multiple Accounts.

In a case where you have each sub-domain hosted as a separate cPanel account, and apiece cPanel account has its own Internet Protocol address, and then follow these steps:

Generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in WHM, using *.domain.comn there are two tracks to change a sites IP address: niii. Via WHM: nGo to WHM > Change sites Internet Protocol Address, select the account, and then select the IPniv. Through Command Line: n/usr/local/cPanel/bin/setsiteip -u $user $ipn. When you have obtained the certificate, go to WHM > Install an SSL Certificate and Setup the Domain and paste in the CRT and CA Bundle for *.domain.com

 The fields should auto populate, in which case you require to make sure the IP is correct, then change the SSL hostname from *.domain.com to the target sub-domain.

 Click install to install the certificate One Account. This technique may be best for consumers that are not resellers/ that are on shared hosting servers, where having multiple cPanel accounts might not be perfect. In this case, you would have one cPanel account and assign multiple IPs to its sub domains: n Generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in WHM, utilizing*.domain.com.

 these are the steps to assign dedicated IPs to multiple sub domains on the same account VI. Edit /cPanel/var/user data/$USER/$SUBDOMAIN.$DOMAIN for each sub domain and change the IP value to a dedicated IP.n VII. Run /scripts/rebuildhttpconfnVIII. Edit the DNS zone for the sub domain and update the a-record to point to that IP also. Then synchronize the zone out of the DNS cluster, if one exists: n IX. /scripts/dnscluster synczonenX. Edit /etc/domainips and adds an entry for that sub domain to point to the IP and run /scripts/rebuildippool to ensure the IP is marked as taken.n When you have obtained the certificate, go to WHM > Install an SSL Certificate and Setup the Domain and paste in the CRT and CA Bundle for *.domain.com

 The fields should auto-populate, in which case you require to make sure the IP is correct, and then change the SSL hostname from *.domain.com to the target sub-domain

 Click install to install the certificaten.So, you can save your time to handle numerous certificates for sub domains and even save the money as Wildcard SSL Certificates like RapidSSL Wildcard SSL / GeoTrust True BusinessID Wildcard will offer security for all your sub-domains with one main domain name.