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# Generating CSR and installing SSL via IIS (VPS/CLOUD)

## How to generate CSR Code:

1. Login via **RDP** to your Virtual Machine.

2. From the Start screen, click or Search for **Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager** and open it.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/1a.png)

3. Click on the **server name**.

4. From the center menu, double-click the **Server Certificates** button in the **"IIS"** section (it is in the middle of the menu).

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/2a.png)

5. Next, from the **"Actions"** menu (on the right), click on **Create Certificate Request**... This will open the **Request Certificate** wizard.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/3a.png)

6. In the **Distinguished Name Properties** window, enter the information as follows:

* **Common Name** - The name through which the certificate will be accessed (usually the fully-qualified domain name, e.g., [www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) or mail.domain.com).
* **Organization** - The legally registered name of your organization/company
* **Organizational unit** - The name of your department within the organization (frequently this entry will be listed as "IT," "Web Security," or is simply left blank).
* **City/locality** - The city in which your organization is located.
* **State/province** - The state in which your organization is located.
* **Country/region** - If needed, you can find your two-digit country code in our list.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/iis8-csr-3.png)

7. Click **Next.**

8. In the **Cryptographic Service Provider Properties** window, enter the following information and then, click **Next**:

* **Cryptographic service provider** - In the drop-down list, select **Microsoft RSA SChannel**..., unless you have a specific cryptographic provider.
* **Bit length** - In the drop-down list, select **2048 (or higher).**

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/iis8-csr-4.png)

9. Click the **...** box to browse to a location where you want to save the CSR file. If you just enter a filename without browsing to a location, your CSR will end up in **C:\Windows\System32.**

Remember the filename that you choose and the location to which you save it. You will need to open this file as a text file and copy the entire body of it (including the Begin and End Certificate Request tags) into the online order process when prompted.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/iis8-csr-5.png)

### How to install SSL:

1. Open the **ZIP file** containing your certificate. Save the file named **your\\\_domain\\\_name.cer** to the Desktop of the web server you are securing.

2. From the **Start** screen, click or search for **Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager** and open it.

3. Click on the **server name**.

4. From the center menu, double-click the **Server Certificates** button in the **IIS section** (it is in the middle of the menu).

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/17fjvz.png)

5. From the **Actions** menu (on the right), click on **Complete Certificate Request**... This will open the **Complete Certificate Request** wizard.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/2jY7yw.png)

6. Browse to **your\\\_domain\\\_name.cer** file. You will then be required to enter a friendly name. The friendly name is not part of the certificate itself, but is used by the server administrator to easily distinguish the certificate. Choose to place the new certificate in the **Personal certificate store**.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/37lEH.png)

7. Clicking **OK** will install the certificate to the server.

8. Once the SSL Certificate has been successfully installed to the server, you will need to **assign that certificate to the appropriate website using IIS**.

9. From the **Connections** menu in the main Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager window, **select the name of the server** to which the certificate was installed.

10. Under **Sites**, **select the site** to be secured with SSL.

11. From the **Actions** menu (on the right), click on **Bindings**... This will open the Site Bindings window.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/4WNnMj.png)

12. In the Site Bindings window, click **Add**... This will open the **Add Site Binding** window.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/iis8-install-5.png)

13. Under **Type choose https**. The IP address should be the **IP address of the site** or **All Unassigned**, and the port over which traffic will be secured by SSL is usually **443**. The **SSL Certificate** field should specify the certificate that was installed in **step 7**.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/6B1w5A.png)

14. Click **OK**.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/7a.png)

15. Your SSL certificate is now installed, and the website configured to accept secure connections.