Create a CSR (SSL Certificate Signing Request)
General CSR Creation Guidelines
Before you can order your SSL Certificates, you must first generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) on your server. A CSR is an encrypted body of text. Your CSR will contain encoded information specific to your company and domain name; this information is known as a Distinguished Name or DN.
In the DN for most servers are the following fields: Country, State (or Province), Locality (or City), Organization, Organizational Unit, and Common Name. Please note:
- The Country is a two-digit code -- for the United States, it's 'US'. For countries outside of the United States, see our listing of SSL Certificate Country Codes.
- State and Locality are full names, i.e. 'California', 'Los Angeles'.
- The Organization Name is your Full Legal Company or Personal Name, as legally registered in your locality.
- The Organizational Unit is whichever branch of your company is ordering the certificate such as accounting, marketing, etc.
- The Common Name is the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for which you are requesting the ssl certificate.
If you are generating a CSR for a Wildcard Certificate your common name must start with *. (for example: *.digicert.com). The wildcard character (*) will be able to assume any name that does not have a "dot" character in it.
Once your CSR is created, you will be able to simply copy and paste it into the online order form.
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Generating a CSR for Issuance of an SSL Certificate
How to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for your Web Server
DigiCert® CSR Support
One-on-One Support
If you have purchased a security certificate, but need one-on-one help on how to create a CSR for your web server, contact our Support Team: 1-801-877-2100
