Is it possible to have one web role with multiple domains and SSL certificates on windows azure?

Question

Is it possible to have one web role hosted on Windows Azure which respond to multiple domains (to be precise 10 -> ex. www.company.com, www.company.de, www.company.co.uk … ect. ) and having both HTTP and HTTPS (SSL certificates) ?

If this is not possible, what is the alternatives to run one web role with multiple domains and having SSL on them with windows azure ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

Yes, now you can do it using "SSL hostheaders" with a new supported feature called SNI, available in IIS 8 (Windows Server 2012).

So, you will need to:

1. Map all your domains to a single cloudapp.net subdomain using CNAME
2. Automate the SSL certificate installation
3. Automate the HTTPS binding creation in IIS with SSL SNI hostheaders

I'm a Microsoft Technical Evangelist and I have posted a detailed explanation and a sample "plug & play" source-code at: http://www.vic.ms/microsoft/windows-azure/multiples-ssl-certificates-on-windows-azure-cloud-services/

Answer 2

You can use the "Full IIS" WebRole.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2010/12/02/new-full-iis-capabilities-differences-from-hosted-web-core.aspx

Answer 3

Since you want to present the same web site to all these domains, you should be OK with HTTP connections - just set each one up as a CNAME to the Azure web endpoint. I guess HTTPS is a bit trickier, but this post indicates you will need a "multi domain certificate" (see Google). I have not tried it, but presumably this certificate can be uploaded to Azure in the usual way. I have just noticed that your question appears to be a duplicate of of this one. I am also adding my answer there.