SSL Certificates on Multisite subsites

  • Don

    (@55don)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    I have WP Multisite configured for subdirectories and am trying to map domain names to the subsites with SSL certificates associated to them. The mapped domain names are configures as Addon domains under the same cPanel account as the main Multisite domain. The domain mapping was working fine until I placed a self-signed (as a test only) certificate on a mapped domain name (an Addon domain) which created the following browser error:
    “The page isn’t redirecting properly”
    I’m running WP 4.6 on CentOS 6.8 with Apache 2.4
    Thanks for your help,
    Don

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  • Thread Starter Don

    (@55don)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    I wish I could have just clicked an edit button above to add some details, but I think I have some pertinent information that needs to be shared.

    When I remove the self-signed certificate from the cPanel Addon domain the following occurs:

    1) The SSL certificate on the main site continues to work fine for the domain it was issued.

    2) The redirection error disappears when the Addon domain name is typed into the browser’s URL window and the browser displays the subsite’s home page; however,

    3) The SSL certificate on the main site is applied to the Addon domain (the subsite) and is displayed as broken or invalid. When one clicks the lock link for more details, the “Issued By” field displays the CA that issued the valid SSL cert for the main domain.

    Sorry for spreading this out over two posts, but I’m wondering if I would be better off switching to a subdomain configuration and coughing up the dough for a wildcard cert. Then again, if someone wants to map a custom domain name to their subsite, would I be back in the same boat?

    Thanks,
    Don

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