{"id":89,"date":"2019-07-09T07:07:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T07:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=89"},"modified":"2023-11-02T12:11:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:11:33","slug":"how-to-make-sure-domain-is-correct-in-the-csr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-make-sure-domain-is-correct-in-the-csr\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make sure domain is correct in the CSR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right after a successful checkout you can see your newly purchased certificate in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/user\/certificates\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The biggest concern at this stage is that your <\/span><strong>new certificate is not assigned to any domain or subdomain name<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a tabula rasa for now which can be \u201cattached\u201d to a domain (or subdomain) you have registered or have control over. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/okay-so-i-ordered-an-ssl-how-do-i-get-it-to-work-on-my-domain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whole process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> begins with the CSR code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All certificates (except for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/domain-type\/multi-domain-ssl-certificates\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-Domain certificates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) support automatic browser-side CSR and Private key generation right during the activation flow. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, you may not need to generate the CSR and the Private key at the server side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CSR (Certificate Signing Request) is basically general information sent to the Certificate Authority who will be validating your order and issuing the certificate. It contains reference about your company, its address and, most importantly, <strong>the domain name behind your online business. <\/strong>Your future SSL certificate will be issued for the exact domain name indicated in the CSR code, so it is obvious that the correct domain name in the code saves a lot of time and efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CSR code is generated on the web server where your web site is hosted. You can ask your hosting provider to generate one for you or try to create it by means of your web server software. You can check and enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/category\/csr-generation-instructions\">these how-to guides<\/a> for different web server platforms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-indent1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>NB: <\/em><\/strong><em>Instructions for CSR code generation are not related to the type of Certificate Authority that will be validating your certificate. Steps and guides you need to follow depend on your exact <\/em><strong><em>web server type and web server software<\/em><\/strong><em> installed on your server.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, you will need to provide the following details during for the CSR code generation:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common name (CN);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company (or Organization &#8211; O);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company division (or Organization Unit &#8211; OU);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Country (C);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State (S);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locality (L) or City;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you have your CSR code at hand, you will see a block of encoded text which looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIIByjCCATMCAQAwgYkxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9yb<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mlhMRYwFAYDVQQHEw1Nb3VudGFpbiBWaWV3MRMwEQYDVQQKEwpHb29nbGU<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">   *** More encoded data here***<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gSW5jMR8wHQYDVQQLExZJbmZvcm1hdGlvbiBUZWNobm9sb2d5MRcwFQYDVQQD<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ew53d3cuZ26iNh8f8z0ShGsFqjDgFHyF3o+lUyj+UC6H1QW7bn<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Common name<\/strong> in the CSR code is the most important and the only required field, since it is your subdomain or domain name that you would like to have SSL-secured. This is the web site visitors will see in the address bar of their browsers after https:\/\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_1.png 244w, https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_1-150x22.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_2.png 252w, https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_2-150x18.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common name is a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). It can be either a domain name or subdomain name of a root domain (subdomain.example.com). <strong>Common name is what \u201cties\u201d your SSL certificate and your domain name. <\/strong> As a result of this \u201cconnection\u201d, SSL certificate is valid for the FQDN indicated as common name in the CSR code alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-indent1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Example: SSL certificate issued for <\/em><strong><em>www.mydomain.com<\/em><\/strong> <em> can secure www.mydomain.com (and mydomain.com in some cases). If your website visitor tries to access <\/em><strong><em>https:\/\/anything.mydomain.com<\/em><\/strong><em>, a warning will be displayed in the web browser. When we have SSL certificate activated with the CSR code for <\/em><strong><em>anything.mydomain.com<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014<\/em> <em>https:\/\/mydomain.com and https:\/\/www.mydomain.com access attempts will result in warnings as well. From this point of view, SSL certificate is a great \u201cWhat You See Is What You Get\u201d example.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common name in the CSR code needs to be of a certain format. General requirements are <strong>latin alphanumeric characters and no special symbols like <\/strong>! @ # $ % ^ ( ) ~ ? &gt; &lt; &amp; \/ , . &#8221; &#8216; _ More peculiarities are described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/why-do-i-get-an-invalid-csr-error-message-when-i-try-to-activate\">here<\/a> for your reference. IDN (<strong>I<\/strong>nternational <strong>D<\/strong>omain <strong>N<\/strong>ames) common names should be first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sslchecker.com\/idn_converter\">converted<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punycode\">punycode<\/a>, and then indicated in the CSR.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that our in-browser CSR code generator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/internationalized-domain-names-support\">supports IDNs with the following TLDs<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMODO&nbsp;CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/comodo-ca-rebrands-as-sectigo\">now Sectigo<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/domain-type\/single-domain-ssl-certificates\">single domain SSL<\/a> can cover a bare domain (mydomain.com) name and a www-subdomain (www.mydomain.com) within one SSL certificate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us have a look what we might want to secure with our SSL certificate and what needs to be indicated as a common name in the CSR code so that we can achieve our aim.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 366px; width: 624px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 49.75px;\">\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 49.75px;\"><strong>We want to have https:\/\/ for\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 307px; height: 49.75px;\"><strong>Common name in the CSR code<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 194px; height: 49.75px;\"><strong>Which SSL is good for me?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 91px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 110px; height: 91px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/mydomain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+ https:\/\/www.mydomain.com within one certificate<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 307px; height: 91px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can have your CSR code generated for <\/span><strong>mydomain.com <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or for <\/span><strong>www.mydomain.com <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">common name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both will be covered anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 194px; height: 91px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-positivessl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PositiveSSL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-essentialssl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EssentialSSL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-ev-ssl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EV SSL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-instantssl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InstantSSL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-instantssl-pro\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InstantSSL Pro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-premiumssl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PremiumSSL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 91px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 110px; height: 91px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/mydomain.com <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mydomain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/mydomain.net<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mydomain.net<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/myotherdomain.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub.myotherdomain.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub.mydomain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*up to 100 host names*<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 307px; height: 91px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option#1: <\/span><strong>mydomain.com <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and all other domain names you\u2019d like to include in your Multi-Domain certificate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option#2: <\/span><strong>mydomain.com <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and type other domain names manually during the activation process as shown on the screenshot below *.<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 194px; height: 91px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-positivessl-multi-domain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PositiveSSL Multi-Domain<\/span><\/a><strong>(!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-ev-ssl-multi-domain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EV Multi-Domain SSL<\/span><\/a> <strong>(!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-unified-communications\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unified Communications<\/span><\/a><strong>(!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-multi-domain-ssl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-Domain SSL<\/span><\/a><strong>(!)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong> (!) <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-Domain certificates consider www.mydomain.com and mydomain.com as <\/span><strong>two different<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hostnames. Please indicate them in your CSR code separately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Manual domain name entry:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_3.png 764w, https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_3-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/csr_ok_3-150x108.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 45px; width: 618px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 212.117px;\"><strong>We want to have https:\/\/ for\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 213.883px;\"><strong>Common name in the CSR code<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 180px;\"><strong>Which SSL is good for me?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 212.117px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/domain.com <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.domain.com <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub1.domain.com <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub2.domain.com <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub3.domain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 213.883px;\"><strong>*.domain.com<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 180px;\" rowspan=\"2\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-positivessl-wildcard\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PositiveSSL Wildcard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-essentialssl-wildcard\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EssentialSSL Wildcard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-premiumssl-wildcard\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PremiumSSL Wildcard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 212.117px;\">\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all possible and unlimited same-level subdomain names of domain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub1.sub.domain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub2.sub.domain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub3.sub.domain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sub4.sub.domain.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\" style=\"width: 213.883px;\"><strong>*.sub.domain.com (!)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>(!) <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please do not generate a CSR code with *.*.mydomain.com in order to secure second- and third-level subdomain names. Such CSR code cannot be used for Wildcard certificate activation. If you need to secure many second- and third-level subdomain names, please consider a Multi-Domain certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are always here for you if you would like to double-check which certificate suits you most or check your CSR code with us. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cheapssl.com\/index.php?\/cheapssl\/Tickets\/Submit\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">submit a ticket<\/a> or click on a blue bubble icon in the lower right corner of the page to start a <strong>Live Chat<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right after a successful checkout you can see your newly purchased certificate in your account. The biggest concern at this stage is that your new certificate is not assigned to any domain or subdomain name. 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