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I used to go the multiple subdomain approach until I discovered some wildcard SSL certificates do not support more than one level of subdomains. Therefore, I n

by johne20 12y ago

I used to go the multiple subdomain approach until I discovered some wildcard SSL certificates do not support more than one level of subdomains. Therefore, I now do something like staging-nyc.example.com

flyt 12y ago
All wildcard SSL certs only support one level of subdomain.
- derefr 12y ago
  You can use a SAN cert to create a multi-level wildcard cert. The cert would be issued for: example.com, *.example.com, *.*.example.com, *.*.*.example.com [...]
  - duskwuff 12y ago
    That's technically possible, but you'll have a very hard time finding a CA that's willing to issue a crazy cert like that.
    - flyt 12y ago
      It's easy to do once you have a good relationship with your CA.
      - caw 12y ago
        You can also self-sign for internal machines, and leave your public ones one wildcard deep.
    - count 12y ago
      It's most likely internal, you run your own org ca.