If you would like to use an SSL Certificate on your site, in order to protect the payment and login data that users send, you will need a Certificate Signing Request, also known as CSR. The Request contains all the information about the entity that will use the SSL in an encoded form, for instance the exact web address for the website, the Business/Organization name, physical and email address. It has to be sent to a service provider, or Certificate Authority, which reviews the posted data and based on it, issues the SSL certificate. The actual SSL installation requires four bits of code - the certificate, the CSR, a unique private key that is generated together with the CSR and the SSL vendor private key. An Internet site that has an SSL installed can be opened with https:// instead of the usual http:// and the information submitted for the CSR can be viewed in standard text format via an Internet browser.
SSL Certificate Generator in Web Hosting
In case you host a site in a web hosting account ordered through our company and its users submit private information, you can obtain an SSL certificate for it straight from your website hosting Control Panel and with just a couple of clicks. We have an easy-to-work-with order wizard, which means that you just need to select the domain/subdomain and enter the mandatory info for the Certificate Signing Request. You will receive an email to approve the order and shortly after the SSL is issued, it will be installed automatically by our system, so you will not need to deal with any codes or settings. If you would like to use the services of another Certificate Authority, you can only create a CSR through your Control Panel and then copy the code that you need to submit for the SSL. You shall find the private key generated together with the CSR in the very same section.
SSL Certificate Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with our semi-dedicated server accounts has a built-in SSL certificate request generator, so in case you host a website that you want to secure, you're able to get a new SSL with a few clicks. You will only need to type in the information for your certificate if it's not the same as the one you have in your account and our system will generate the Certificate Signing Request plus the private key associated with it. If you decide to acquire the SSL through us, you just need to select the auto-configuration option during the order and our system will do the necessary, so you won't need to set up the certificate manually. If you prefer to obtain the SSL from a different company, you just need to save the CSR code. Then you will have to set up the certificate, yet if you have never done this before or you have any problems, you can contact us and we'll set up the SSL within a couple of minutes.