How to generate a CSR code online, fast and easy

To obtain an SSL Certificate, one must first generate and submit a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) code to the Certificate Authority (or an SSL vendor). This short guide explains how to easily generate a CSR code online hassle-free. It is universal and applicable no matter which hosting and SSL provider you have.

However, NOTE that the best practice, security-wise, is generating the CSR at your hosting server directly. This way the Private Key that gets generated along with the CSR always stays on the server and you don't risk exposing it accidentally. Private Key is the most important part which makes SSL connections, well, private, so it is necessary to pay extra attention to it.

00:00 What is the CSR code
00:49 Generating the CSR
01:43 Saving the CSR and Private Key

[hustlewithjon]

Thank you, sir. Finally. I actually almost paid for a generator

[diegoramos]

Hi sir does the CSR contain also the Private Key? In other words is it necessary to share the private key to the signing Authority? Thanks

[chadsexinton]

So where does the private get stored and authencated against?