I have two droplets and one of them was assigned to my domain (domain.com). It was deployed directly (without docker or kubernetes) and nginx was secured with let’s Encrypt. In my second droplet, a project was deployed as an image. I want to assign that image as a subdomain (like subdomain.domain.com) and generate an ssl certificate for it. Is it possible to use projects in different droplets in one domain as subdomain and give ssl certificate?
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Hi @FriendlyLightSeaGreenBoat,
Yes, it’s possible. All you need to do is create an entry for your Subdomain in your DNS zone and point it to the droplet you want.
Once you have the droplet there, what you can do is use Let’s Encrypt again the same way you’ve used it to encrypt your first Droplet.
Hi there,
Yes, this should not be a problem at all. As your subdomain name would be hosted on a Droplet, you can follow the steps on how to issue a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate here:
In order for Let’s Encrypt to be able to validate your subdomain name, you need to set the A record for your subdomain pointing to the Droplet’s IP address.
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby
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