Kristy Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Hey all, I have WHMCS installed in a folder called "manage" - therefore my URL now looks like: http://www.mycompany.com/manage If I purchase a standard SSL cert (not a wilcard cert), can I apply the cert to the main domain (mycompany.com) and will it still apply to the "manage" folder? Or must I specifically use : http://www.mycompany.com/manage Thanks, Kristy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Issue it for "domain.com". Most certs now also include "www.domain.com" as well, but you should check to be sure. Anything under that "domain.com" would be covered by the SSL. The certificate should not be issued for "http://" since that's not the site but the protocol for connecting to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cProg1x Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Bear is correct, if you want a directory to be covered then your best bet is to issue the SSL certificate to mycompany.com. However, this will not cover sub-domains, so if you decided to go with https://manage.mycompany.com and issued your certificate to mycompany.com, then your certificate will not apply. Hopefully this answers your question! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebsiteIntegrations Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 my cert covers all my subdirectories as well . I use it with my whmcs and hostbill directories with no issues. it does not work with www. so I added a snip in my htaccess to ensure that is anyone accesses via www. it removes that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 However, this will not cover sub-domains my cert covers all my subdirectories as well Subdirectories and subdomains are not interchangeable. A subdomain is indeed a sub-directory of the main hosting site in most cases, but it can also be called as "sub.domain.tld", where a simple sub-directory cannot. Sub-directories work because they are under the same path of "domain.tld", so any that follow below that are still covered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTuncer Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 my cert covers all my subdirectories as well . I use it with my whmcs and hostbill directories with no issues. it does not work with www. so I added a snip in my htaccess to ensure that is anyone accesses via www. it removes that Alternatively you can use certificates cover both versions of the domain. Usually cheaper certificates are issued to either domain or the www of the domain, but certificates such as GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium, RapidSSL. The catch is you have to generate the CSR with http://www.domainName.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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