Generate a CSR (certificate signing request)
After you purchase an SSL certificate, and the credit is available in your account, you may need to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for the website's domain name (or common name) before you can request the SSL certificate.
How you generate a CSR depends on the type of certificate you're requesting and your operating system/control panel. You can generate a CSR on your server before you request an SSL certificate, or we can generate the CSR for you using the SSL Request Wizard. Select your server type for instructions:
- Apache
- Cisco ASA 5500 VPN/Firewall
- cPanel
- Exchange Server 2010
- Exchange Server 2013
- Exchange Server 2016
- Google App Engine
- Microsoft IIS 10
- Microsoft IIS 8
- Microsoft IIS 7
- Nginx
- Parallels Plesk Panel
Our certificates are compatible with all types of web servers, even if we do not have CSR instructions for them. Please consult your server documentation for further information on generating a CSR if you do not find the instructions that you need above.
Next step
After you create a CSR, you will need to request your certificate. For Standard, Deluxe or Extended Validation certificates, see Request my SSL certificate with a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) .