Customer Support > SSL Certificates > Certificate Signing Request Generation - ZEUS Web Server - KB1009

Follow these instructions to generate a Certificate Signing Request for your Web site. Once you have completed this process, click the "close" button below to close this window and continue to the next step.

Note: Please insure you have already created a virtual web to be SSL-enabled. Please refer to the ZEUS documentation pdf, which can found here:

1. Select the "Web icon" from the Admin Server control panel.

2. Select "SSL Configuration". On the Edit Server panel, insure "SSL ON" to enable SSL.

3. Select "SSL Quick Setup" to begin creating your Private Key and Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

Enter the full path for your Private Key file under Generate Your Private Key, select key size (e.g., 1024).

4. Enter the "Distinguished Name Field" information under Create a Certificate Request. When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.

The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?.

Common Name: www.yourdomain.com (Must be the Fully Qualified Domain Name)
Organization: Your Company
Organizational Unit: Your Department
City or Locality: Your City
State or Province: Your State / Town
Country: ISO Complacent (GB, AU, US, etc)

5. Press the Setup Server button and check the Verbose box to view progress.

6. The Private Key information and CSR contents will be presented.

Copy the CSR text:

-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

This can now be submitted on the website