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Common name mismatch

Posted on September 24, 2016

I have installed a ssl certificate from godaddy on Ubuntu 16.04 /Apache

But after following this tutorial https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-from-a-commercial-certificate-authority

The website does not open.

When I test on this link https://casecurity.ssllabs.com/analyze.html?d=buymytime.com I get common name mismatch error.

my FQDN is bmt.buymytime.com or how can I edit the ubuntu-512mb-blr1-01 MISMATCH error provided in above link to my FQDN

Can anyone help me in this regard.

Thanks in advance.



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Ok got it solved. thanks for all the help

You cannot edit a certificate. I suggest that you generate one using Letsencrypt

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04

Looks like you are using self-issued certificate instead of GoDaddys one. If you look at Issuer field at SSLabs, you will notice your host name - Self-issued.

Make sure you followed right tutorial to download cert from GoDaddy.

Tutorial you linked is right one, I would recommend you trying again to obtain cert. Follow Example CA 2 : GoDaddy again.

Also verify in GoDaddy panel that you entered right domain, but I don’t that it is problem.

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