Configure Wildcard Certificate using LetsEncrypt and ACME

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  • Enable Wildcard for a domain

  • Virtualmin → Web Configuration → Website Options → Website matches all sub-domains

    • Tooltip: If the virtual server’s DNS domain is hosted on this system, Virtualmin will also add the wildcard * DNS record when Yes is selected.
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  • How to add a wildcard or multi-domain SSL certificate – Virtualmin

  • Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate - Virtualmin - Virtualmin Community

    • You cannot validate for a wildcard certificate without using DNS validation. And, you can’t use DNS validation if you aren’t managing DNS with Virtualmin.
    • You generally should not use wildcards. They have security implications on top of being more difficult to validate, if you’re not hosting your own DNS.
    • A website cannot be used to validate a wildcard cert with Let’s Encrypt.