When migrating (via backup) a Discourse from one hostname to another, an admin might want to keep the old hostname but have the web server rewrite requests to use the new canonical name, e.g.: https://old.example.org/t/my-great-topic/12345 :arrow_heading_down: https://new.example.org/t/my-great-to…

Update: Successfully configured the secondary domain name on the standalone installation, and issued a Let’s Encrypt certificate to handle both old and new names. Precondition: I did not yet change DNS to point folks over to the new site; I wanted things to be sure to work ahead of time. So I was u…

Discourse + Let's Encrypt w/ multiple hostnames

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) January 17, 2020, 11:06pm 6

Maybe have a look at Setting up Let’s Encrypt with Multiple Domains

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Discourse + Let's Encrypt w/ multiple hostnames

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