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Update On: 23 Jul 2021How to install Wildcard SSL certificate

What is a Wildcard SSL certificate?

A Wildcard SSL certification secures your website URL and an infinite number of its subdomains. A single Wildcard ticket can secure both www.cpanelkb.net, cpanelkb.net,sub.cpanelkb.net, etc.,
Wildcard documents secure websites the same as a proper SSL certification, and requests are prepared using the same validation systems. However, some Web servers might require an individual IP address for each subdomain on the Wildcard certification.

Install Wildcard SSL Certificate on your cpanel server

1)    Generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in WHM >> SSL/TLS >>
Generate an SSL Certificate and Signing Request and make sure you enter the host as *.domain.com

Use this SSL certificate country code

2) Buy the wildcard certification applying the CSR you created from SSL provider like Godaddy, rapitssl,etc.,

3)    Once you got SSL certificate , Click WHM >> SSL/TLS »
Install an SSL Certificate and Setup the Domain and paste in the CRT.

Verify that the correct account is loaded by comparing the username.

Remove the “*.” from the domain name and use domain.com only.
Check the IP Address into the IP Address field.

You are now ready to press “Submit“.

That's all… SSL install will strongly!!!

In order to install wildcard SSL certificate for your Sub domain, use the same certificate to install subdomain.( you won’t create CSR again)

Use the same method to install SSL certificate for your single domain and it should be need dedicated IP address.

For your reference, the following code will automatically added in your httpd.conf.

SSLEngine onSSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/cpanelkb.net.crtSSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/cpanelkb.net.keySSLCACertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/cpanelkb.net.cabundleCustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/cpanelkb.net-ssl_log combinedSetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown<Directory "/home/user/public_html/cgi-bin">SSLOptions +StdEnvVars