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by 0x006A 4096 days ago
they will not support wildcard domains. you can create a cert per domain though or one for multiple subdomains.
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Bugger. I was really excited for Let's Encrypt specifically for the possibility of a free wildcard cert.

I was thinking of building an app which would be under two domains like heroku.com/herokuapps.com and github.com/github.io and I rather not spend hundreds of dollars on two wildcard certs. Guess I'll just buy one and not use subdomains on the main site.

You can get a certificate covering multiple specific domains. https://github.com/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview/issues/6...

A wildcard cert wouldn't cover both heroku.com and herokuapps.com anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcard_certificate

They said they'd rather not spend money buying two certificates.
Certs from Let’s Encrypt will be free.
You mean I can issue multiple certs at each subdomain separately instead of one wildcard cert? That's promising. It's also OK on my personal use.
My initial reaction would be that is just stupid, but is there a good reason for that refusual? It is usually as a way to make money, but in this case?