Showing posts with label wildcard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildcard. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2026

SSL wildcard certificate extension

1. Go to the email where it is requested to complete the configuration process, click on the link

2. Go into DSM > Control Panel > Security > Certificate > Right click the certificate and click on renew
3. Download the archive.zip containing the CSR (the one you need) and a private key. Open server.csr. Copy the text
4. On the website paste the CSR and go through the menu. Choose admin@domain.com to send the emails to
5. Approve the request and a new email will be send with the certificate
6. Open command line and paste the certificate into server.crt
7. Test for the issuer to find the intermediate: openssl x509 -in server.crt -text -noout | grep -E "Issuer:|CA Issuers"

        Issuer: C=BE, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, CN=GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025
                CA Issuers - URI:http://secure.globalsign.com/cacert/gsgccr6alphasslca2025.crt
9. Convert:
openssl x509 -inform DER -in gsgccr6alphasslca2025.crt -out intermediate_pem.crt
cat server.crt intermediate_pem.crt > fullchain.crt
10. Verify:
openssl verify -untrusted fullchain.crt server.crt
server.crt: OK
11. Install the new certificate by adding a new certificate in DSM (and choose to replace the *.domain.com)
Important:
-Use intermediate_pem.crt as intermediate, otherwise use fullchain.crt
-If needed, just install a new one and delete the old one afterwards
12. Make new certificate default one
13. Go to Dropbox and place the new files there