SAN Certificate - Azure App Services
V7.1.0
RCL SSL creates a SAN TLS/SSL certificate using an Azure DNS Zone and automatically binds it to an App Service.
A Subject Alternative Name (SAN) TLS/SSL certificate will contain multiple host names in a single certificate. SAN certificates created with an Azure DNS Zone will contain the host name (e.g. contoso.com) and the wild card host name (e.g. *.contoso.com) in a single TLS/SSL certificate.
Single Domains
SAN certificates only allow a single domain. For instance, the two different domains ‘fabricam.com’ and ‘contoso.com’ are not allowed in a SAN multi-domain certificate.
Access Control
AAD Accounts
Personal and Microsoft Accounts are not supported for Azure App Service. Only Azure Active Directory (AAD) organizational accounts (also known as ‘Work or School Accounts’) are supported.
If you try to manage an Azure App service with a MSA account you will get the following error.
If you signed up for the RCL SSL Portal with a personal Microsoft account (MSA), please follow the instructions in the following link to associate an AAD account to your subscription:
Set Access Control
To create certificates for Azure App service, the Azure AAD organizational account that you use to login to the RCL SSL Portal must :
- Have a role of ‘Owner’ or ‘Contributor’ to the subscription containing the Azure App Service
If this requirement is not met, the ‘subscriptions list’ will be empty when you try to create a certificate.
You may also experience an error message.
To set up access control for your AAD account, follow the instructions in the link below :
Add Custom Domains to your App Service
If you registered a domain name, add a custom domain (or sub domain) to your app service following the instructions in this link:
For a SAN certificate, you must add two custom domains. For instance , if you are creating a SAN certificate for shopeneur.com, you must add the following custom domains:
- shopeneur.com
- *.shopneur.com
When adding the the wildcard domain, eg. *.yourdomain.com , you can ignore the asuid TXT record if it causes an error in your Azure DNS Zone.
Prerequisites
If your app service site has a previous SSL binding, it is recommended that you delete the binding and the SSL certificates for the domain. Failure to do so may lead to errors when creating the new SSL certificate and site binding.
Create a SAN SSL/TLS Certificate using an Azure DNS Zone
RCL SSL uses the DNS-01 challenge type to issue certificates for :
- primary domains (e.g. contoso.net)
- subdomains (e.g. store.contoso.net)
- wild card subdomains (e.g. *.contoso.net)
The DNS challenge type ONLY works with an Azure DNS Zone.
Create a DNS Zone and Configure Name Server
If you bought your domain with a domain registrar, you must set up your Azure DNS Zone to manage the records for your domain.
Follow the instructions in the link below to set up your DNS Zone and delegate the name server (NS) records for your domain :
Create SSL/TLS Certificate
- In the ‘Certificates’ module of the portal, click on the Create New SSL/TLS Certificate link
- Select the ‘Azure App Services SAN’ option.
- Add the app service site that you are creating the certificate for
- Add the data to create the certificate. The image below illustrates sample data
- In this case, we are requesting a SAN SSL/TLS certificate for the domain, ‘shopeneur.com’. The wildcard domain ‘*.shopeneur.com’ will be automatically included in the certificate
Certificate Creation
- You will need to wait up to 10 mins to validate the site and install the certificate. When this is done, the SSL/TLS certificate will be displayed in the certificates list.
- When this is done, the SSL/TLS certificate will be displayed in the certificates list.
The certificate will be automatically bound to the app service.
Manually Renewing SSL/TLS Certificates
SSL/TLS certificates will expire in 90 days. You can manually renew a certificate at any point before the expiry date. Click on the ‘Update’ link in the certificates list to update a certificate.
Automatic Certificate Renewal and Installation
You can use the RCL AutoRenew Function to automatically renew certificates in Azure App Service SAN.
Follow the instructions in the link to use the AutoRenew function :
Rate Limits
There is a rate limit of 50 SSL/TLS certificates per subscription.
In addition, Let’s Encrypt has instituted rate limits to ensure fair usage by as many people as possible. To find out more about these rate limits please refer to the following link :