# Automatically provision SSL and activate domain on domain creation

**Project:** Applications | **Board:** Live | **Votes:** 1
**URL:** https://roadmap.ploi.cloud/projects/3-applications/items/148-automatically-provision-ssl-and-activate-domain-on-domain-creation

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**Problem**

Currently, adding a domain via the endpoint only registers the domain. A separate deployment is required afterward to:

- Activate the domain
- Provision the SSL certificate

This introduces unnecessary coupling between domain management and deployment, and requires an additional manual/API step.

**Why this is an issue**

Adding a domain is conceptually a configuration change, not a deployment concern
It creates redundant operational overhead (extra request / deployment trigger)
Tenants indirectly triggering deployments by adding domains is undesirable.

**Context**

We are running a tenant-aware application where tenants can add their own domains. In this setup:

- Domain management should be self-contained
- Infrastructure concerns (like SSL provisioning) should be handled automatically
- Tenants should not trigger deployments as a side effect of adding a domain

**Proposed improvement**

When a domain is added via the endpoint:

- The domain is automatically activated
- An SSL certificate is automatically provisioned

All of the above should happen without requiring a separate deployment step.

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## Comments

**Zander van der Meer** (2026-04-03T09:05:07+00:00):
The endpoint to add domains has an added field `force_apply` which will instantly update the domains and activate them. See: https://ploi.cloud/docs/api#/operations/applications.domains.store

**Roy Wulms** (2026-04-03T12:39:29+00:00):
Nice! Thnx for the quick fix!