I Virtual Host severals websites using Cento 6 and Apache. It wasn’t too difficult installing and using certbot-auto for the first time but I do have a question. Is there an easy way to set the Base Name and Common Name (CN) from the command line. This worked fine for setting the Base Name, but the…

The common name is set to is the first domain provided to the command. For example, certbot run --apache -d bdomain.com -d adomain.com will use bdomain.com as the common name. To change it, run something like: certbot-auto run --certname yourcertnamedomain.com -d thedomainyouwantforthecommonname.…

I’ll give that a try. How is the domain list built on renewal? Is there a text file somewhere that I can edit the order in or should I always specify all of the domains in the cron job? Would this retain the Base Name and Common Name once I’ve got it set right? ./path/to/certbot-auto renew

[image] dana_w: How is the domain list built on renewal? Is there a text file somewhere that I can edit the order in or should I always specify all of the domains in the cron job? It is stored in the renewal configuration file , but you should not modify this file directly. Using certbot with …

Thanks so much for the tips Seth & T.C. Hollingsworth.

How can I easily make the Base Name and Common Name the same?

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schoen June 29, 2017, 11:14pm 5

Domains normally aren't stored there, just in the certificate itself:

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How can I easily make the Base Name and Common Name the same?

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