How many subdomains does a wildcard certificate cover?
250 subdomains
you can secure up to 250 subdomains. What is Wildcard?
Can I use SSL certificate on multiple subdomains?
The simple answer is a resounding Yes! You absolutely can use one SSL certificate for multiple domains — or one SSL certificate for multiple subdomains in addition to domains.
Why is my wildcard SSL not working on a second level subdomain?
Generally, it occurs on the first level. The problem is if your first-level subdomain has its own subdomain, which is called a second-level subdomain, you can’t use your wildcard on it. After all, as we stated earlier, the wildcard only works at one URL level.
What is a wildcard subdomain?
What is a wildcard subdomain? A wildcard DNS record allows you to point all existing and non-existing subdomains to a specific area. For example, and test.example.com would both direct to when a wildcard subdomain is enabled.
How many levels of subdomains can you have?
Each domain name can have up to 500 subdomains. You can also add multiple levels of subdomains, such as info.blog.yoursite.com. A subdomain can be up to 255 characters long, but if you have multiple levels in your subdomain, each level can only be 63 characters long.
Does a wildcard certificate cover sub subdomains?
A Wildcard SSL certificate is marketed as being able to secure “unlimited subdomains” and that’s partially true but with the caveat that all those sub-domains must be at the same level of the URL.
Do wildcard certificates work for subdomains of subdomains?
A multi-domain wildcard SSL certificate is the perfect solution for situations where you need to secure multi-level subdomains. It allows encrypting multiple levels of subdomains with one certificate.
Do subdomains need separate SSL?
Yes, in general, a different SSL would be required for each subdomain, because each subdomain is considered a separate domain. However, there are wildcard SSL certificates available on the SSL market.
How do you use wildcard subdomains?
To enable the wildcard subdomain, go to your Site Tools > Domain > Subdomains. The wildcard subdomain is the one with an * in front of the domain. You can enable it from the Manage Subdomains > Actions menu.
Can you have a dot in subdomain?
Remember that adding “extra dots” is creating additional subdomains (ie, in qa.myproject.mydomain.com , qa is a subdomain of myproject.mydomain.com ). There’s really no harm, it’s just something to be aware of (for things like SSL certs or apps that have logic to traverse subdomains).
How deep can a subdomain go?
The Subdomain module schema has a textfield for the subdomain value with a maximum length of 255. Creating subdomains exceeding the length of 63 can result in URI’s with FQDN’s that do not resolve.
