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Install a free "wildcard" SSL certificate
This guide explains how to generate a Certificate Request (CSR) for a domain name and all its subdomains with a Web hosting This allows you to encrypt the connection to your domain name and all its subdomains via SSL.
Set up Wildcard Certificate
1. Add an alias domain with asterisk *
To add a type alias *
to your website:
- Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
- Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned:
- Then click on the chevron to develop the game Areas of this site.
- Click on the button Add Domain:
- Enter the domain name to add in this form:
*.domain.xyz
(the asterisk is indispensable, followed by a point, then the domain name of the website which is in this example domain.xyz)
- Click on the button Confirm to complete the procedure:
2. Install or update an SSL certificate
Example of updating the existing certificate to include the sub-domain *
wildcard:
- Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
- Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
- Click SSL in the left side menu.
- Click on the action menu ⋮ located on the right.
- Click on Change Certificate:
- Select the same certificate you already have.
- Click on the button Next:
- Make sure that the newly added subdomain is selected.
- Click on the button Install At the bottom:
- Wait for the time of creation or update.
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