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Darren
Asked: 2011-10-05 07:56:41 +0800 CST

SSL and CNAMEs?

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I have a question. We are using a CNAME on our server to direct to an application we host on another server. Which server would I install the SSL certificate on for that cloud application? We would need to use the CNAME host name. Thanks.

domain-name-system ssl cname-record

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    The SSL Certificate gets issued for whatever the user types into their browser.

    If the user types in www.example.com, then you need a cert for "www.example.com"
    It does not matter how DNS looks up the server, CNAME, A records, whatever.

    The Certificate gets installed on the web server. There would be only one in the scenario you described.

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