WHM/Cpanel SSL Certificate on Mail Server

Question

I need to have SSL on a client website mail server, so https://mail.domain.com for example. I purchased a certificate for the primary domain and cPanel does allow for this to cover all subdomains, but the certificate itself is limited to just the primary domain.

I would prefer not to have to purchase an expensive wildcard SSL, is there a way to put a second SSL certificate on just mail.domain.com? cPanel does not have the mail subdomain as a possibility in the dropdown for SSl certificates.

I assume maybe I would have to create a subdomain or something...not sure if anyone else has done this.

Answer 1

Well in this case you should regenerate the CSR certificate and re-issue the SSL. Most of the SSL certificates, even the cheapest ones allow you to use the SSL for the main domain + 1 subdomain, in your case mail. So go to cPanel, regenerate your CSR certificate and in the hosts field add domain.tld + mail.domain.tld on the next line. Then with the new CSR, go to your SSL provider and try to issue a new SSL certificate using your new CSR. Then the new generated SSL should cover your domain + mail.domain. And you should be all set. Even the really cheap SSL certificates from SSL2Buy can be used for domain + 1 subdomain (and they are about 9$/year for a COMODO simple SSL certificate). So give it a try