{"id":1891,"date":"2018-12-20T12:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T12:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeromb.com\/wptest\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:15:03","slug":"how-to-generate-a-certificate-signing-request-csr-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/knowledge-base\/how-to-generate-a-certificate-signing-request-csr-in-cpanel","title":{"rendered":"How to Generate a Certificate Signing Request &#8211; CSR in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Obtaining a certificate from a trusted SSL provider requires a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). CSR is also needed for generating self-signed SSL certificates. Follow this tutorial to generate a CSR.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> Log in to your cPanel account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> In the <strong>Security<\/strong> section, click on <strong>SSL\/TLS<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/ssl-tls-icon.gif\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> Under Certificate Signing Request, click on <strong>Generate, View or Delete CSR<\/strong> Link.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/csr-select.gif\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> Scroll down and enter the following details:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Domains:<\/strong> Enter your domain name, such as www.cloudwafer.com\/blog (domains with www cover both non-www and www domains)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>City:<\/strong> Your city name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>State:<\/strong> Your state name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Country:<\/strong> Choose your country name from the drop-down menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Company:<\/strong> Your Company name or leave it blank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Company Division:<\/strong> Name of your company division.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> Enter your email address.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Passphrase:<\/strong> Enter a passphrase (maximum 20 characters) and do not use special characters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/csr-filling.gif\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> Finally, click on <strong>Generate<\/strong>. Copy the generated CSR code and save it to your computer. You can use your CSR while purchasing an SSL or reissuing an SSL in the future.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/csr-generated.gif\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obtaining a certificate from a trusted SSL provider requires a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). CSR is also needed for generating self-signed SSL certificates. Follow this tutorial to generate a CSR. &nbsp; 1. Log in to your cPanel account. 2. In the Security section, click on SSL\/TLS. 3. Under Certificate Signing Request, click on Generate, View &#8230; <a title=\"How to Generate a Certificate Signing Request &#8211; CSR in cPanel\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/knowledge-base\/how-to-generate-a-certificate-signing-request-csr-in-cpanel\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Generate a Certificate Signing Request &#8211; CSR in cPanel\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"epkb_post_type_1_category":[73],"epkb_post_type_1_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1891","epkb_post_type_1","type-epkb_post_type_1","status-publish","hentry","epkb_post_type_1_category-ssl-cpanel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/1891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/types\/epkb_post_type_1"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/1891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"epkb_post_type_1_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1_category?post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"epkb_post_type_1_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1_tag?post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}