I run couple of sites on a virtual hosting environment and I am in need of adding additional SSL for a different domain name.

From what I read on some forum topics indicate that SSL cert requires different IP address. meaning one cert for each IP. Is this true? If so, then I'm having some difficulties understanding the benefits of running virtual host if a server can't host multiple secured site through single IP.

please do let me know if there is a way to run multiple ssl site within virtual host environment. I'm hoping for a possible workaround.

Thanks in advance

Thank you sir.
I'll definitely check it out.

IP-based Apache virtual hosts are really not that different to name-based ones. Other than obtaining the needed IP addresses, they are just as easy to configure and maintain. (Actually, having separate IP addresses does allow for traffic shaping and greater control with e.g. firewall rules, so personally I prefer IP-based Apache virtual hosts.)

Traditionally (without SNI or "wildcard" certificates) each secure site requires a fixed IP address. Fortunately, aliasing multiple IP addresses to a single Linux server is very easy, as is configuring Apache virtual hosts to listen on specific IP addresses. It's not like you need more than one network interface.

If your user base has e.g. Windows XP users, you may still have to use IP-based virtual hosts, because not all browsers support SNI. Or, if all your virtual host names have a matching pattern, e.g. *.example.com, you can use a single IP address and a wildcard certificate.

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