Plesk for Windows
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- Plesk for Linux
- Plesk for Windows
Question
Is it possible to secure the mail server mail.example.com with Let's Encrypt SSL certificate when the A record for example.com is pointing to another server?
Answer
Currently, such a functionality is not implemented in Plesk yet.
Consider voting for this feature on the UserVoice portal. The top-ranked suggestions are likely to be included in the next versions of Plesk.
Alternatively, issue a certificate from another authority and secure mail using it:
How to install an SSL certificate for a domain in Plesk (Let's Encrypt / other certificate authorities)
Workaround
- Create a web hosting enabled subdomain mail.example.com
- Go to Domains > mail.example.com > SSL/TLS Certificates
- Issue a new certificate
- Go to Domains > example.com > Mail Settings
- Assign the certificate for mail.example.com
Note: In case example.com has no web-hosting it's necessary to create a new subscription for sub-domain mail.example.com
Comments
2 comments
I have done this and worked find, but when the SSL certificate of mail.example.com was renewed the mail settings of example.com where this one was set
The workaround does only work until the certificate is being renewed again, as the renewal process then clears the selected certificate on the root domain leaving the mail without certificate. This is a bug. Can you fix that? It shouldn't touch the configuration on the main domain.
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