How to host 2 websites https (same internal domain) on same IIS server and deal with Certificates?

[Virtual Techie]

Hi Guys, just wondered if someone could ponder over if the below looks correct

Task:

Host 2 websites with different URLS (see below) on the same internal AD domain (internaldomain.local) on the same server which both URLs need to be secured with https

e.g.

1. https:\\shop1.internaldomain.local
2. https:\\shop2.internaldomain.local

Solution

use host headers in (bindings) in IIS and create Cname record in DNS to point to the server name

1. Cname : shop1.internaldomain.local -> webserver1.interdomain.local
2. Cname : shop2.internaldomain.local -> webserver1.interdomain.local

Would this work?

Question

One thing I am not clear on is, how would I deal with the SSL certificates here, . i.e. weather I would just need 1 certificate or 2 certificates for 2 different URLS? Wildcard certificates are not allowed

Hope some clever people can help ..





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