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Question
Is it possible to create and use wildcard SSL certificates in Plesk?
How to configure Plesk to automatically assign a domain wildcard certificate for new subdomains?
Answer
Plesk allows to create and use certificates for wildcard domain names (like *.example.com). A wildcard certificate can be created the same way as usual certificate is generated. The only difference is that the name with the "*" sign is specified in the left path. For example, "*.example.com", will match all subdomains, like mail.example.com, ftp.example.com, etc.
When a subdomain is created within the same subscription, then there is no need to manually add a wildcard certificate to the subdomain. However, the wildcard certificate of the main domain still needs to be manually assigned to the newly created subdomain at Plesk > Domains > one.example.com > Hosting Settings > under Security, select the "Let's Encrypt example.com (one.example.com)" certificate > click OK.
Instructions to get a free wildcard certificate are available here.
Additional information
To create Let's encrypt wildcard certificates, see instructions here.
Comments
8 comments
Do I have to add the same wildcard SSL/TLS Certificate for each subdomains I create individually?
@sia rez, Hi!
If you create subdomains within the same subscriptions, then there is no need to add wildcard certificate for each subdomain. When you create one certificate, it is available for each domain and subdomain in subscription.
Hi,
is it possible to create and use wildcard Let's encripty AutoSSL certificates for wildcard subdomain names (like *.example.com)?
Regards, Miha
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Hello @Miha,
According to this article, it is not yet implemented.
Hi,
thx a lot!
Regards, Miha
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If i use "Quick Preview on a domain name" it should deliver the certificate of that domain for all previews.
With this I could also deliver the previews safely.
Can you adapt this in a later version or is there a simple workaround?
@Tobias Buschor there is no workaround, because preview using server IP in order to display the website. You could submit feature reuest here:
https://plesk.uservoice.com/
If this is read by someone who would also like to use wildcard-certificates for website-previews, you can vote here:
https://plesk.uservoice.com/forums/184549-feature-suggestions/suggestions/38180203-to-make-website-preview-on-the-domain-name-in-ples
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