{"id":34050,"date":"2021-09-28T23:16:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=34050"},"modified":"2021-09-28T23:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:20:29","slug":"do-you-need-a-dedicated-ip-for-ssl","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/article\/do-you-need-a-dedicated-ip-for-ssl\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you need a dedicated IP for SSL?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The quick answer is <strong>No<\/strong>; however, there are some exceptions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The world has a limited and finite amount of IPv4 addresses. If every web site had an IP address for SSL, we would be have been out of IP addresses a lot sooner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Luckily, cPanel and other web server software allow for hosting multiple SSL websites on the same IP address.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Note: Some hosting providers (not Host Duplex); however, still require customers to use a dedicated IP address for each site that uses SSL.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Why might you still want to use a dedicated IP for your website?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Development. <\/strong>While it&#8217;s no longer a necessity, using a dedicated IP may allow for easier development of your site. For example, instead of using the domain name to visit your site, you can use your dedicated IP address instead.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Note, many CMS platforms such as <em>WordPress<\/em> use the canonical name of your site. In this case, if you view your site using a dedicated IP address will simply redirect your browser back to the domain name.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2.<strong> Old browsers<\/strong>. If your web site visitors are utilizing very old web browsers, specifically, browsers that do not support SNI, then you will want to use a dedicated IP address.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you are a customer and still have questions about dedicated IPs, please login and open a support ticket in our client portal. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quick answer is No; however, there are some exceptions. The world has a limited and finite amount of IPv4 addresses. If every web site had an IP address for SSL, we would be have been out of IP addresses a lot sooner. Luckily, cPanel and other web server software&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[20,2,131],"ht-kb-tag":[23,136,132,134,133,137,135],"class_list":["post-34050","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-cpanel","ht_kb_category-getting-started","ht_kb_category-ssl","ht_kb_tag-cpanel","ht_kb_tag-dedicated","ht_kb_tag-dedicated-ip","ht_kb_tag-ip","ht_kb_tag-ip-address","ht_kb_tag-persistent","ht_kb_tag-ssl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/34050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/34050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34060,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/34050\/revisions\/34060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=34050"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=34050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}