Plesk
Server Administrator - PSA
Follow these instructions to generate
a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this
process, you will have a CSR ready to submit to ssl247.co.uk in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.
- Click the domain name that you want
to secure with SSL. The Domain Administration
page then appears.
- If you have an IP based hosting account
with SSL support, the Certificate button will be enabled.
If you have a name based hosting account the Certificate
button will be greyed out. You must have an IP based
hosting account to continue.
- Click the Certificate
button. The SSL certificate setup page
appears.
- The Certificate Information:
section lists asks for a number of fields to be completed
to generate your CSR.
- The Bits selection allows you to
choose the level of encryption of your SSL certificate.
Select the appropriate number from the drop down box
next to Bits:.
- Enter your details into the State or Province,
Locality, Organization Name and Organization
Unit Name (optional) fields.
- Enter your domain name into the Domain
Name: field.
The domain name is a required field. This will be
the only domain name that can be used to access the
Control Panel without receiving a certificate warning
in the browser. The expected format is www.domainname.com
or domainname.com.
- Click on the Request button displayed
to the right of your details.
- Plesk will now email your CSR to the email address
provided when you signed up. You will see that the
email contains two sections - the RSA Private Key
and the Certificate Signing Request. Do not lose your
RSA Private Key, you will need this later.
- You are now ready to submit your CSR for the certificate
you wish to install:
- Click Up Level to return to the Domain
Administration page.