Install SSL Certificate

quantumottle

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I know I need a second dedicated IP address to install an SSL certificate on my primary domain. This is probably a stupid question, but do I need to assign that new IP to the primary domain first, before activating the certificate?
 
Hi quantumottle,

If I'm not mistaken dedicated IPs are not a requirement for SSL anymore. I'm sure someone will chime in if I'm wrong but I believe that this was changed within the last year or so due to the fact that IPV4 addresses are becoming difficult to come by.
 
Dan is correct. If you are running cPanel all the latest versions from 11.38 and up support what's called SNI. This allows apache to serve multiple SSL certificates on a single IP.
 
With IP's running out, this sounds like a very useful alternative. I'm searching on-line now for any potential disadvantages. I've already purchased a second IP from Knownhost, not sure if I will still use it or not.

Thanks for the info!
 
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