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When initially creating and ordering the certificate and supplying the domain name(s) to your chosen commercial supplier, you must include all domains that your server is hosting. sme server only supports one ssl certificate, so therefore to avoid errors for https access using any hosted domain name, the certificate must be created correctly. sme does not cater for multiple certificates for  different domains, as it is not technically possible.

When initially creating and ordering the certificate and supplying the domain name(s) to your chosen commercial supplier, you must include all domains that your server is hosting. sme server only supports one ssl certificate, so therefore to avoid errors for https access using any hosted domain name, the certificate must be created correctly. sme does not cater for multiple certificates for  different domains, as it is not technically possible.

=== Commercial certificate for a single VirtualHost using Apache SNI ===

==== Commercial certificate for a single VirtualHost using Apache SNI ====

This is new in SME 10. You can keep the generik certificate for all your VirtualHost of apache httpd, except some where you want to define a specific one, which could be a commercial one.

This is new in SME 10. You can keep the generik certificate for all your VirtualHost of apache httpd, except some where you want to define a specific one, which could be a commercial one.

The end result is you have the two files, .key and .crt. Do not implement the last three steps re importing the certificate to Apache, instead follow the instructions here: http://wiki.contribs.org/Certificates_Concepts#Commercial_certificates

The end result is you have the two files, .key and .crt. Do not implement the last three steps re importing the certificate to Apache, instead follow the instructions here: http://wiki.contribs.org/Certificates_Concepts#Commercial_certificates

=====Testing the migration befoObviously external DNS records have to support that URL ie you would usually setup a wildcard in external DNS records that makes *.yourmaindomain.com resolve to your server IP.re final deployment=====

=====Testing the migration before final deployment=====

Once the SME server is restarted, you can test the certificate from a Windows workstation (without disrupting the customers site) by doing:

Once the SME server is restarted, you can test the certificate from a Windows workstation (without disrupting the customers site) by doing: