FAQs

Overview:

Before you can purchase and install an SSL certificate for your website, you need to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). A CSR contains essential information about your domain and organization, which the Certificate Authority (CA) uses to issue your SSL certificate.
Plesk simplifies this process with an easy-to-use interface, allowing you to generate a CSR quickly and securely. This guide provides step-by-step instructions to help you create a CSR in Plesk and prepare for SSL certificate installation.

Prerequisites

• Access to Plesk with administrative privileges
• A domain name configured in Plesk

Steps to Generate a CSR in Plesk

1.Log in to Plesk using your administrator credentials.

2. Navigate to Websites & Domains.

3. Select the domain you want to secure and click SSL/TLS Certificates.

4. Click Add SSL/TLS Certificate. 

5. Fill in the certificate parameters:

Certificate Name: A label to identify the certificate

Bits: Choose 2048 for encryption strength

Country, State/Province, City, Organization Name: Each field must be under 64 characters

Domain Name: Fully qualified domain name (e.g., example.com)

Email: Administrator’s email address

6. Click Request to generate the CSR. Plesk will store the CSR and private key in your certificate repository.

7. Navigate to the certificate repository, find the certificate by its assigned name, then open the CSR section and copy the entire CSR block:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
[Encoded CSR content]
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
  

8. Submit the CSR

Log-in to the Sectigo Portal and paste the CSR. Complete any required verification steps. Once validated, Sectigo will issue your SSL certificate and send the files via email or a download link.