Cant use * certificates for subdomains

[minecraft8723]

When I try to upload my * certificate for a subdomain this error occurs.

[KangJL]

Please use SSL cert for specific domain, not generic domain

[minecraft8723]

managing that many certs is too complicated. Why I cant just use a single * cert?

[KangJL]

@minecraft8723

managing that many certs is too complicate

Well, this is free hosting.
Upgrade to premium hosting if you want it easy

@minecraft8723

Why I cant just use a single * cert?

Did you read?

Error: "The certificate uploaded is NOT for the domain name"

When trying to upload an SSL certificate, you may see an error like this: The certificate uploaded is NOT for the domain name example.com This article describes some common, but sometimes unexpected, causes for this issue. The SSL certificate is for a different domain If you are trying to upload an SSL certificate for a particular domain name, say “example.com”, the SSL upload tool checks whether the SSL certificate is valid for “example.com”. If the SSL certificate is not valid for the giv…

[minecraft8723]

It makes no sense that wildcard certificates cant be used.

[dan3008]

Its just one of the restrictions on the free hosting. Since it sounds like you’re using a custom domain, you may want to look at the SSL options they have. I’ve not tried, but I think that they do support wildcards

[Admin]

The system checks whether the name in the certificate matches the website you’re installing it on exactly. That’s how the system has been implemented.

Having a check to prevent obviously invalid certificates from being uploaded is a useful feature to have. But whoever built this functionality in the control panel either didn’t think about wildcard certificates, didn’t want to implement support for them, or just didn’t bother to do so.

Keep in mind that we want to support wildcards properly, then you shouldn’t have to install the certificate on every subdomain individually. But that would make the whole SSL management system quite a bit more complicated.

Would it be better if they were supported? Absolutely. Is it nonsensical that they aren’t? No, there are perfectly valid reasons to limit the scope of a feature.