CSR — certificate signing request

To get the SSL-certificate, you will first need to create a special request for it — CSR (Certificate Signing Request).

You are required to provide the following data:

1. Domain — domain name that will be covered under this SSL, for example — «example.com».
   • When requesting a certificate with subdomain protection (Wildcard), you must specify the domain name as «* .domain.com».
2. Organization — full name of your company. 
   • If you are creating SSL for yourself, just put in your full name.
3. Department — department of the company that requests a certificate.
   • If you are creating SSL for yourself, just put in «Home».
4. Country — two-letter country code, according to the international standard. Full list can be fount here. Code for Ukraine — «UA».
5. State — full name of state/province.
6. City — full name of city.
7. Email — your email address.

You can create CSR either when you activate the certificate or on your PC. With the CSR, a private key will be generated — which will be required to install the SSL certificate on the hosting server.