Shared SSL is a means of securing access to a site with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) without purchasing your own SSL certificate. Web sites that employ shared SSL are, in fact, using the certificate shared by another domain. The domain that shares its SSL certificate with others is called Master SSL Domain.
Note: In order to use shared SSL, the Master SSL Domain should be set either by your server administrator or by you on another domain, if you have the permission to do so.
To configure the Master SSL Domain and enable shared SSL for your domains:
For example, let us suppose that you have a domain named mydomain.com, Master SSL Domain is defined as master_ssl_domain.com, and the virtual directory name you supplied is my_virtual_dir
. In this case, to access your site through SSL, you need to use the following address: https://master_ssl_domain.com/my_virtual_dir.
Note: You cannot use your domain name (for example, mydomain.com) to access your site via SSL if you are using shared SSL.
httpdocs
or httpsdocs
as a target directory.To disable shared SSL for your domains: