Online Security
CSR Popular Web Servers
Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
We've included links to instructions for generating CSRs on several of today's most popular web servers. If your server is not listed, please reference your web server's documentation.
NOTE: When creating your CSR, you'll be asked to complete a signing request form. For descriptions of each term used in that form, click here.
- Dotster Hosting
- Apache-SSL / Apache ModSSL
- cPanel/WHM 11
- cPanel/WHM 10
- Microsoft IIS 7
- Microsoft IIS 6
- Microsoft IIS 5
- Plesk 9
- Plesk 8
CSR Fields
You will need to provide several pieces of information when creating your CSR.
Common Name/Domain Name
- This includes the Fully Qualified Domain Name for your certificate (in other words, the web address where you plan to use your SSL Certificate). You must enter the exact web address where you want to use your SSL certificate. For instance, if you want your certificate to work on secure.example.com, you need to enter secure.example.com into the Common Name field.
Examples:
- www.example.com
- secure.example.com
- blog.example.com
- Wildcard Certificates: If you want to create a Wildcard SSL (which will work on any subdomain), you must input an asterisk (*) in place of the subdomain position. For instance, to create a wildcard SSL Certificate that will secure both www.example.com and secure.example.com, you would input *.example.com into the Common Name field.
- Examples:
- *.example.com
Organization
Enter the precise legal name of your organization, without abbreviations. For instance: ABC Corporation or Budget Car Sales LLC.
Organizational Unit
Denotes the division or department of the organization using this SSL Certificate. For example: Marketing, Sales, Customer Service
City or Locality
The city where your organization is officially located, i.e. your physical address. Do not abbreviate. Example: Do not use "LA" in place of "Los Angeles."
State or Province
The state or province where your organization is officially located, i.e. your physical address. Do not abbreviate. Example: Do not use "WA" in place of "Washington."
Country (C)
The two-letter ISO Country Code abbreviation for the country where your organization is officially located. Example: US, CA, MX.
Any email address associated with the applicant. This email address will not be used to process your order.
Key Bit Length
A key bit length of at least 1024 is suggested. Extended Validation (EV) certificates require a 2048 key bit length. This bit length reflects only the initial key exchange, not the level of encryption on your SSL Certificate.
ISO Country Codes
| Afghanistan | AF |
| Albania | AL |
| Algeria | DZ |
| American Samoa | AS |
| Andorra | AD |
| Angola | AO |
| Anguilla | AI |
| Antarctica | AQ |
| Antigua and Barbuda | AQ |
| Argentina | AR |
| Armenia | AM |
| Aruba | AW |
| Austria | AT |
| Australia | AU |
| Azerbaidjan | AZ |
| Bahamas | BS |
| Bahrain | BH |
| Bangladesh | BD |
| Barbados | BB |
| Belarus | BY |
| Belgium | BE |
| Belize | BZ |
| Benin | BJ |
| Bermuda | BM |
| Bolivia | BO |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | BA |
| Botswana | BW |
| Bouvet Island | BV |
| Brazil | BR |
| British Indian Ocean Terr | IO |
| Brunei Darussalam | BN |
| Bulgaria | BG |
| Burkina Faso | BF |
| Burundi | BI |
| Buthan | BT |
| Cambodia | KH |
| Cameroon | CM |
| Canada | CA |
| Cape Verde | CV |
| Cayman Islands | KY |
| Central African Republic | CF |
| Chad | TD |
| Chile | CL |
| China | CN |
| Christmas Island | CX |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | CC |
| Colombia | CO |
| Comoros | KM |
| Congo | CG |
| Cook Islands | CK |
| Costa Rica | CR |
| Croatia | HR |
| Cyprus | CY |
| Czech Republic | CZ |
| Denmark | DK |
| Djibouti | DJ |
| Dominica | DM |
| Dominican Republic | DO |
| East Timor | TP |
| Ecuador | EC |
| Egypt | EG |
| El Salvador | SV |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ |
| Estonia | EE |
| Ethiopia | ET |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | FK |
| Faroe Islands | FO |
| Fiji | FJ |
| Finland | FI |
| France | FR |
| French Southern Terr | TF |
| Gabon | GA |
| Gambia | GM |
| Georgia | GM |
| Germany | DE |
| Ghana | GH |
| Gibraltar | GI |
| Greece | GR |
| Greenland | GL |
| Grenada | GD |
| Guadeloupe (French) | GP |
| Guam (US) | GT |
| Guinea Bissau | GW |
| Guinea | GN |
| Guyana (French) | GF |
| Guyana | GY |
| Haiti | HT |
| Heard and McDonald Is | HM |
| Hong Kong | HK |
| Hungary | HU |
| Iceland | IS |
| India | IN |
| Indonesia | ID |
| Ireland | IE |
| Israel | IL |
| Italy | IT |
| Ivory Coast | IC |
| Jamaica | JM |
| Japan | JP |
| Jordan | JO |
| Kazachstan | KZ |
| Kenya | KE |
| Kirgistan | KG |
| Kiribati | KI |
| Kuwait | KW |
| Laos | LA |
| Latvia | LV |
| Lebanon | LB |
| Lesotho | LS |
| Liberia | LR |
| Liechtenstein | LI |
| Lithuania | LT |
| Luxembourg | LU |
| Macau | MO |
| Madagascar | MG |
| Malawi | MW |
| Malaysia | MY |
| Maldives | MV |
| Mali | ML |
| Malta | MT |
| Marshall Islands | MH |
| Martinique (French) | MQ |
| Mauritania | MR |
| Mauritius | MU |
| Mexico | MX |
| Micronesia | FM |
| Moldavia | MD |
| Monaco | MC |
| Mongolia | MN |
| Montenegro | ME |
| Montserrat | MS |
| Morocco | MA |
| Mozambique | MZ |
| Myanmar | MM |
| Namibia | NA |
| Nauru | NR |
| Nepal | NP |
| Netherland Antilles | AN |
| Netherlands | NL |
| Neutral Zone | NT |
| New Caledonia (French) | NC |
| New Zealand | NZ |
| Nicaragua | NI |
| Niger | NE |
| Nigeria | NG |
| Niue | NU |
| Norfolk Island | NF |
| Northern Mariana Is | MP |
| Norway | NO |
| Oman | OM |
| Pakistan | PK |
| Palau | PW |
| Panama | PA |
| Papua New | PG |
| Paraguay | PY |
| Peru | PE |
| Philippines | PH |
| Pitcairn | PN |
| Poland | PL |
| Polynesia (French) | PF |
| Portugal | PT |
| Puerto Rico (US) | PR |
| Qatar | QA |
| Reunion (French) | RE |
| Romania | RO |
| Russian Federation | RU |
| Rwanda | RW |
| Saint Helena | SH |
| Saint Kitts Nevis Anguilla | KN |
| Saint Lucia | LC |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | PM |
| Saint Tome and Principe | ST |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines | VC |
| Samoa | WS |
| San Marino | SM |
| Saudi Arabia | SA |
| Senegal | SN |
| Serbia | RS |
| Seychelles | SC |
| Slovenia | SL |
| Singapore | SG |
| Slovak Republic | SK |
| Slovenia | SI |
| Solomon Islands | SB |
| Somalia | SO |
| South Africa | ZA |
| South Georgia & Sandwich Is | GS |
| South Korea | KR |
| Soviet Union | SU |
| Spain | ES |
| Sri Lanka | LK |
| Sudan | SD |
| Suriname | SR |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Is | SJ |
| Swaziland | SZ |
| Sweden | SE |
| Switzerland | CH |
| Tadjikistan | TJ |
| Taiwan | TW |
| Tanzania | TZ |
| Thailand | TH |
| Togo | TG |
| Tokelau | TK |
| Tonga | TO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT |
| Tunisia | TN |
| Turkey | TR |
| Turkmenistan | TM |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | TC |
| Tuvalu | TV |
| Ukraine | UA |
| United Arab Emirates | AE |
| United Kingdom | GB |
| United States | US |
| Uruguay | UR |
| US Minor Outlying Islands | UM |
| Uzbekistan | UZ |
| Vanuatu | VU |
| Vatican City State | VA |
| Venezuela | VE |
| Vietnam | VN |
| Virgin Islands (British) | VG |
| Virgin Islands (US) | VI |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | WF |
| Western Sahara | EH |
| Yemen | YE |
| Zaire | ZR |
| Zambia | ZM |
| Zimbabwe | ZW |
