{"id":2121,"date":"2019-10-21T13:42:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T05:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2121"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T02:52:39","slug":"iis-generate-csrs-certificate-signing-requests","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/iis-generate-csrs-certificate-signing-requests","title":{"rendered":"IIS: Generate CSRs (Certificate Signing Requests)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2121\" class=\"elementor elementor-2121\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-145da4a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"145da4a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b7ccb3\" data-id=\"2b7ccb3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a7c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0a7c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Generate CSRs<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77fd34c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77fd34c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What is a CSR?<\/strong> A CSR or Certificate Signing request is a block of encoded text that is given to a Certificate Authority when applying for an SSL Certificate. It is usually generated on the server where the certificate will be installed and contains information that will be included in the certificate such as the organization name, common name (domain name), locality, and country.\u00a0<\/p><p>Below is the step to generate the CSR from IIS7\/8 which on Window server 2008\/2012.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33cee69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33cee69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>1) From the Start screen, click or search for\u00a0<strong>Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager<\/strong>\u00a0and open it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3f2b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3f2b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>2) In the\u00a0<strong>Connections<\/strong>\u00a0panel on the left, click the server name for which you want to generate the CSR.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19184a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19184a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>3) In the middle panel, double-click\u00a0<strong>Server Certificates<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e467335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e467335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1014\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IIS Manager server certificates\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr1.png 1014w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr1-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr1-768x467.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc8079 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cc8079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>4) In the\u00a0<strong>Actions<\/strong>\u00a0panel on the right, click\u00a0<strong>Create Certificate Request.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f223e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f223e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>5) Enter the following\u00a0<strong>Distinguished Name Properties<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Next<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b637bbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b637bbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr2-1024x776.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IIS Manager distinguished name properties\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr2-1024x776.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr2-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr2-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr2.png 1370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a097060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a097060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Common Name<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The name through which the certificate will be accessed (usually the fully-qualified domain name, e.g.,\u00a0www.mondoze.com or mondoze.com).<\/p><p><strong>Organization<\/strong> &#8211; However, The legally registered name of your organization\/company.<\/p><p><strong>Organizational unit<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The name of your department within the organization (frequently this entry will be listed as &#8220;IT,&#8221; &#8220;Web Security,&#8221; or is simply left blank).<\/p><p><strong>City\/locality<\/strong> &#8211; In other words, The city in which your organization is located.<\/p><p><strong>State\/province<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The state in which your organization is located.<\/p><p><strong>Country\/region\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Country Code<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-951e0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"951e0f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>6) In the &#8220;Cryptographic Service Provider Properties&#8221; window, select\u00a0<strong>Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider<\/strong>. Select\u00a0<strong>2048<\/strong>\u00a0or higher for\u00a0<strong>Bit Length<\/strong>, then click\u00a0<strong>NEXT<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be699f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9be699f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr3-1024x776.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IIS cryptographic service provider properties\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr3-1024x776.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr3-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr3-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/csr3.png 1370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbed33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbed33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>7) Select the file name of the CSR (.txt) and click\u00a0<strong>FINISH<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The CSR key of the domain is on that file created in Step 7.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27f0ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d27f0ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>If you are looking for more articles\/ guidelines, kindly visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/\">Knowledge Base<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Generate CSRs What is a CSR? A CSR or Certificate Signing request is a block of encoded text that is given to a Certificate Authority when applying for an SSL Certificate. 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