- Login to the control panel of cPanel. 2. Click on SSL/TLS Manager. 3. Click on the Generate, view, upload, or delete your private keys link. 4. On the new page, scroll to the bottom of the page to the Generate a New Key section. In the Host field, enter the domain you would like to create an SSL Certificate. You can also select the domain from the Select a Domain drop-down menu list. This will be the Common Name on the certificate. The Common Name is the Host + Domain Name. It looks like “secure.example.com” or “example.com”. 5. After you have entered the Host, then click the Generate button. A private key will be created and saved in cPanel. 6. Click on the Return to SSL Manager link. 7. Back in the SSL/TLS Manager menu, click on the Generate, view, or delete SSL certificate signing requests link. 8. In the Generate a New Certificate Signing Request section, populate each field referring to our guide below:
- Host - Enter the domain that was used when generating the private key in Step 4 of this tutorial.
- Country - Use the two-letter code of your country without punctuation, for example: AU.
- State - Spell out the state completely, for example: Victoria or New South Wales.
- City - The locality field is the city or town name, for example: Melbourne or Sydney.
- Company - The legal name of your organization.
- Company Division - This optional field is the name of the department or other group making the request.
- Email - An email address that will be included in the certificate.
- Once you have entered criteria into every field, click on the Generate button to create the CSR. The CSR you just specified will be shown in the window.