A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is required in case you would like to obtain an SSL certificate which will encode the payment and account info that will be exchanged between your website and its customers. The CSR contains info about the website and its owner in Base64-encoded form - web address, physical address and e-mail, company name and unit, etc. Based on this code, an authorized SSL vendor gives you the certificate, that is digitally signed with the vendor's private key to recognize that they're a dependable issuer. At the time of the CSR generation, a unique private key is also created and the installation of the SSL involves all 4 codes - the two keys, the certificate and the CSR. After that, you will be able to use a URL starting with https:// for your site instead of http:// and your site visitors will be able to view the info that you have provided for the CSR using their web browsers.
SSL Certificate Generator in Cloud Hosting
If you host a site in a cloud hosting account purchased through our company and its visitors upload private data, you'll be able to get an SSL certificate for it straight from your hosting Control Panel and with no more than a couple of clicks. We have an easy-to-work-with order wizard, thus you only need to choose the domain/subdomain and type in the needed information for your Certificate Signing Request. You will receive an email message to approve your order and soon after the SSL is issued, it will be set up automatically by our system, so you won't have to deal with any codes or settings. If you'd like to use the services of another Certificate Authority, you can only get a CSR from your Control Panel then copy the code that you have to submit for the SSL. You will find the private key generated together with the CSR in the same section.
SSL Certificate Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel that comes with our semi-dedicated server accounts has an integrated SSL certificate request generator, so if you host a site that you'd like to secure, you will be able to get a new SSL with a few clicks. You will just have to enter the information for your certificate if it's not the same as the one you already have in the account and our system will install the Certificate Signing Request as well as the private key associated with it. If you decide to acquire the SSL through us, you just need to choose the auto-configuration option during the order and our system will do the needed, so you will not have to install the certificate manually. If you wish to obtain the SSL from some other company, you just have to save the CSR code. Then you will have to set up the certificate, but if you have never done this before or you have any difficulties, you'll be able to contact us and we'll set up the SSL in a matter of minutes.