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Installing SSL Certificate

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Bargra
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1/6/2021 1:18 PM

I am running an instance of DNN with multiple unique domains.  Can you install an SSL certificate for one site without affecting the others?   DNN 9.02.02

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1/6/2021 1:48 PM
Yes. The SSL certificates are installed in IIS for each IIS website, and a single IIS website can have multiple installed certificates.

There are also wildcard SSL certificates that can secure a primary domain and subdomains.
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1/6/2021 4:00 PM

Thanks! .. so if i understand it right...

I have 4 websites running on a single instance of DNN all non-ssl at the moment.

examples:   www.111.com, www.222.com, www.333.com, www.444.com

I want to apply an ssl cert to www.333.com.

So i just get the cert installed correctly.. and then flip the ssl security settings in DNN for the www.333.com instance.

The other instances can run http un-affected.   

www.333.com will run https://

Correct?

Thanks for you feedback!

 

 

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1/8/2021 7:26 AM
Posted By Bargra on 06 Jan 2021 04:00 PM

Thanks! .. so if i understand it right...

I have 4 websites running on a single instance of DNN all non-ssl at the moment.

examples:   www.111.com, www.222.com, www.333.com, www.444.com

I want to apply an ssl cert to www.333.com.

So i just get the cert installed correctly.. and then flip the ssl security settings in DNN for the www.333.com instance.

The other instances can run http un-affected.   

www.333.com will run https://

Correct?

Thanks for you feedback!

 

 

If you have acces too IIS I would use the Url Rwriter module for these redirects.

 

 

Bargra
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1/9/2021 6:06 AM

Hi Timo

No I do not have access to IIS

I think the only solution i have is to purchase a UCC SSL Multi-domain certificate.

This has generated another DNN question:  The common name when generating the CSR for the domain must be either www.mysite.ca or mysite.ca  

As I understand it, this means I would have to use up 2 domain names on my cert to cover both

If I set the alias to mysite.ca in DotNetNuke and the common name in the csr to mysite.ca ... is www.mysite.ca secured?

Is there a solution so that i don't have to use up two domains on my multi-domain certificate?

 

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