Multiple SSL certificates for one IP

[jerasi]

I already have one SSL certificate installed on my web server and I would like to install a second one (for a different domain) I purchased and installed the new certificate but, when I go to

https://mysite.com

I get a "Certificate Alert" saying "the name on the certificate is invalid or does not match..." when I view the certificate it show the old one (the first certificate I installed).
How do I get both the certificates to work properly on the same machine?

Thank you.

 

[ajtmcse]

You can only have 1 SSL enabled site per IP address.

 

[jerasi]

Is it not possible to have two IP addresses on the same machine?

 

[ajtmcse]

You can have serval IP addresses on a Windows NT4/2000/2003 server, just go to the network configuration and add an additional address, then go into the IIS manager and configure the appropriate site to the new address, then make sure your DNS server matches that.

 

[ReddLefty]

So it's not one SSL per IP, it's one SSL per Domain Name?






"In space, nobody can hear you click..."

 

[jerasi]

ajtmcse is right, I added two extra IP addresses to the system (through network configuration) then configured the sites to those IP addresses through IIS, I also changed the DNS records for those two sites to point to the new IP's and it worked.
Thank you for all your help.

 

[ajtmcse]

It is one ssl per IP. Its becuase of the way IIS creates what I'll call a channel or a lock during SSL sessions.