[clue-tech] Multiple SSL VHosts in Apache on same port and IP

[Jed S. Baer]

On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:20:00 -0700
Mike Staver wrote:

> I've seen this a lot over the years and always hoped for a resolution - 
> where you can't host multiple SSL enabled websites on the same IP using 
> Apache.  I found an informative article I wanted to share:
> 
> http://daniel-lange.com/archives/2-Multiple-Apache-VHosts-on-the-same-IP-and-port.html
> 
> Maybe this is old news to some - but I just found it, and it gives me a 
> ray of hope for things to come if he's right. Does anyone know if this 
> is supported in a recent Linux distros? I'd be very curious to give it
> a try as I'm pretty excited about the possibilities going forward.

Well, that's pretty interesting. I had always assumed it was a
non-problem, since the various places I've used for web hosting in a
shared environment have indicated https is available. Since I've never
used it, I've never looked into how they provide it. I know they offer
the use of a shared certificate (i.e. use the server's certificate, not
your own), but IIRC using your own was possible. Since I didn't need the
capability, I never inquired how they set it up.

jed