Generating the CSR

This page allows you to generate the CSR (Certificate Signing Request) file required to purchase a certificate from a Certification Authority.
Manageable fields on this page are as follows:

General Data

Field	Description
Company Name	Enter the company name.
City	City.
Province or State	Province or state
Nation	Nation.
Email Address	Enter the email address of the system administrator.

Generate the CSR

Field	Description
Domain Type	Type of domain. With WildCard it generates a valid certificate for all the subdomains. For example, if the domain is www.example.com, it will generate a certificate for *.example.com.
Certificate Validity Period	Define the validity period of the certificate.
Domain Name	Domain name for which to request the certificate.
Generate the CSR Certificate	It generates the KEY (private key) and CSR files. The KEY file must be uploaded later in the certificate management when you obtain the CRT certificate from the CA while the CSR file must be sent to the CA to obtain the certificate. Warning: The .CSR file is generated using the fields entered in the “General Data”. We recommend that you generate the .CSR only if these fields are the final fields and unless there will be changed. If you define a “Domain Name” different from one edited in the “System Settings” section, the certificate cannot be used in the HSNM.

Certificates

This section appears after clicking the “Generate the CSR” and it allows downloading the KEY and CSR files.

Field

Description

Key File of the Certificate

Certificate KEY file that you will need to insert later into the “SSL Certificates”.

By clicking the “Download” button you can download the certificate’s “KEY” file.

CRT File of the Certificate

CSR file to send to the CA to request the certificate.

By clicking the “Download” you can download the certificate’s “CSR” file.

Warning! With HSNM you cannot use certificates with password.