Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from GeoTrust

HSPHERE

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 GeoTrust in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.

These instructions have been adapted from the HSPHERE user manuals available at www.psoft.net/HSdocumentation/.

1. Select Domain info in the Domain Settings menu.
2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
3. Enable SSL for the domain in the list.
4. Agree to charges, if any.
5. Click the link at the top of the form that appears.
6. On the page that appears, confirm your details by clicking the Submit button:

   
   
   These data will be used to generate the certificate. Don't make changes to the data if you are not sure about the purpose of these changes.

7. Follow instructions that appear at the top of the next page.

   

• SSL Certificate Signing Request (your CSR). It includes the details that you submitted on the previous step.
• SSL Server Private Key. This is the secret key to decrypt messages from your visitors. It must be stored in a secure place where it is inaccessible to others. Don't lose this key, you will need it if you get a permanent certificate.
• Temporary SSL Certificate. It validates your identity and confirms the public key to assure the visitors that they are communicating with your server, not any other party.

8. Copy the signing request and private key for later use.
9. Click Submit Query.
10. Go to GeoTrust and choose to get a new SSL certificate. When requested, enter the CSR that you have saved.