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Configure blogs for different domains with different SSL certificates

This section assumes:

  • You have a working WordPress Multisite installation
  • Your server has a static IP address
  • You are able to log in to your server console using a tool like PuTTY (Windows) or SSH (Linux and Mac OS X)
  • You own at least one custom domain name for which you can configure DNS settings
  • You have defined your primary domain and blog as described here and you are able to log in to the WordPress Multisite dashboard.
  • You have added one or more WordPress Multisite blogs with different domains as described here .

In order to set different SSL certificates for each new domain, configure each domain as a virtual host. Edit the /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-vhosts.conf file and add a new virtual host for each new domain. The following code could be taken as an example:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourserverdomain.com
    ServerAlias *.yourserverdomain.com
    DocumentRoot "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs"
    Include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName yourserverdomain.com
    ServerAlias *.yourserverdomain.com
    DocumentRoot "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs"
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/certs/new_server.crt"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/certs/new_server.key"
    Include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf"
</VirtualHost>

Remember to change the ServerName and ServerAlias directives to the correct values.

To specify a different SSL certificate for each domain, update the paths to the corresponding certificate files in the *SSLCertificateFile *and SSLCertificateKeyFile directives.

Last modification September 6, 2018