Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from RapidSSL.com

Cobalt Series

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 RapidSSL.com in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.

Select Server Management > Security > SSL. The Certificate Information for Server Desktop screen appears along with its associated buttons

To create a new self-signed certificate, click Create Self-Signed Certificate and complete the following page by entering your relevant organizational details.

Click Create Signing Request to create a certificate signing request. The Signing Request Information for Server Desktop screen appears;

After the fields are filled in, activate the Generate Self-Signed Certificate checkbox. This allows you to generate a self-signed certificate along with the signing request. The self-signed certificate can be used temporarily while you wait for RapidSSL.com to process your signing request. The certificate signing request must be submitted to RapidSSL.com via the online enrollment process.