SSL for www.domainname.com

[Peach@]

I'm starting a new thread. My original tread was here:
http://forum.swsoft.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39638

I now have correct Private Key and Certificate files. The certificate was issued for www.domainname.com. I have a default domain, domainname.com. I still can't get it to work

I'm still confused about a few things, though.

1) Do I install it under Domains > domainname.com > Certificates or under Server > Certificates?

I created a new certificate in both areas using the same certficate and private key. It seems like that the only way I can assign a certificate to an IP address is if I installed it under Server (I only have 1 IP). I rather use my new certificate everywhere, so this is what I did:

I've made the new certificate in the Server area to be the default, pressed the Setup button, in Server > IP Addresses >, I selected the new certificate, stopped/started httpd.

Unfortunately, the old default certificate still shows up.

2) Do I have to create a subdomain, www.domainname.com? The WWW check box is selected for domainname.com. Is this not enough for a certificate for www.domainname.com to work? If I'm making this domain the default certificate, it doesn't seem to matter, but I'm not sure.

Also, I don't mean to go off topic too much, but I did try creating www.domainname.com once earlier today. When I created it, though, www.domainname.com was no longer accessible via a web browser. So I deleted the subdomain and rechecked "WWW" in the domainname.com, but I couldn't access www.domainame.com anymore. I restarted my browser, httpd, but it was no longer there. It took about an hour, and all the sudden it started working. I don't understand it. So I'm afraid to try it again

Thanks!

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UPDATE - one more question.

My hosting company is now telling me that I have to purchase a second IP for my certificate to work. Is it true? I'm deleting the default certificate, so my new certificate is the only one under this IP. I'm even more confused....

 

[poke]

You will need to install the ssl cert on the 2nd IP. Your main IP would be for shared hosts. You need an exclusive IP.

 

[Peach@]

Well, I was finally able to set up a SSL certificate with only 1 IP and multiple domains. This is the only SSL for this IP, so I felt like it should work. I had to force it by following the directions in this thread: http://forum.swsoft.com/showthread....&threadid=35761
but it's working now.

I ended up creating a subdomain www.domainname.com as I decided to redirect all https://domainname.com to https://www.domainname.com by inserting a RedirectPermanent directive in vhost_ssl.conf file.