How to Complete a Certificate Request

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How to Complete a Certificate Request

Introduction

If a CSR code is generated on a Windows-based server, completing the certificate request is an important step before applying a certificate on your site.
To complete a certificate request, please read How to Download an Issued SSL Certificate File and download the certificate file in .crt /.pem format.
After completing the following steps, you will get a .pfx certificate file and its import password.

1 Log into the IIS server

Log in to the IIS server where the CSR was generated.

2 Upload the .crt or .pem file

Upload the .crt/.pem file to the server.

3 Complete a certificate request

  • Open IIS. Click Server Certificates.
  • Click Complete Certificate Request in the right hand of the panel.
  • Choose the .crt/.pem file path of the certificate you uploaded before. Name the certificate. Click OK.

4 Get the .pfx file of the certificate

  • Select the certificate and click Export.
  • Choose the export path. Set a password, which will be used to import the certificate later.
Note:
The export path is the place to where you’d like to export the .pfx file.
Please remember/write down the password because it is needed to import the certificate later.
  • You will get a .pfx file of the certificate.

5 The next step

To apply an SSL on Windows IIS, please refer to How to Apply an SSL on Windows IIS.
For how to apply an SSL on Apache, please refer to How to Apply an SSL on Apache.
For how to apply an SSL on Nginx, please refer to How to Apply an SSL on Nginx.
 
Article ID: 712, , Modified: September 22, 2021 at 9:02 PM

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