Questions[wildcard-subdomain](server)

I have deployed SSL certificates on various websites however this wildcard SSL certificate is totally new to me. I have question that If I am buying a SSL certificate *.example-private.com, Will it work for *.staging.example-private.com Or Do I have to buy a different wild card SSL for staging site. I am going to implement this on new sites.

I'm trying to accomplish three things:

1. Map traffic, by subdomain, to one of several applications on different ports.
2. If subdomain isn't recognized, redirect to www.
3. Require HTTPS on all subdomains.

My nginx configuration so far is:

map $subdomain $subdomain_port {
  default    8000;
  www        8000;
  subdomain1 8001;
  subdomain2 8002;
  subdomain3 8003;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name _;
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen              443 ssl;
    server_name         ~^(?P<subdomain>.+?)\.mydomain\.com$;

    ssl_certificate     <cert>;
    ssl_certificate_key <key>;

    location / {
      # ... various proxy headers, then ...
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:$subdomain_port;
      proxy_redirect off;
    }
}

This almost works (it accomplishes #1 and #3), but instead of redirecting foo.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com, it just serves the www content without redirecting. I'm not sure how to redirect un-mapped subdomains without splitting the whole thing into separate server blocks, which I'd really rather not do.

Is there a way to redirect all subdomains not explicitly mentioned in the map to www?

Is it possible to create a wildcard host record for a sub-subdomain ie *.foo.example.com?

I have the following in my Apache config:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/hosts/%0
  ServerAlias *.test.galapagos.office
</VirtualHost>

In /var/www/hosts, I have a directory called jason.test.galapagos.office and one called bill.test.galapagos.office. If I go to jason.test.galapagos.office in a browser, I get what I expect to see. Same with bill. In other words, everything is working perfectly.

However, I'm not quite satisfied with what's going on. Instead of /var/www/hosts/jason.test.galapagos.office and /var/www/hosts/bill.test.galapagos.office/, I'd like /home/jason/web and /home/bill/web.

How can I tell Apache to map to those subdirectories instead?

Thanks, Jason

Is there a registar that offers SSL certificates for:

..domain.com

or

something_fixed.*.domain.com?

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M.