{"id":104,"date":"2017-11-14T06:35:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T06:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/?p=104"},"modified":"2017-11-14T06:45:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T06:45:44","slug":"request-an-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/request-an-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Request an SSL certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After you\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/secureserver.net\/ssl\/ssl-certificate.aspx?prog_id=ifindhost\">purchase an SSL certificate<\/a>, you need to request it for the website&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/\">domain name<\/a> (or &#8220;common name&#8221;) you want to use.<\/p>\n<h2>Before you start<\/h2>\n<p>Before you request your certificate, we recommend checking out the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prepare any documents you need<\/strong>\u00a0by finding out what we&#8217;re going to ask for in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/12127?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Verify your certificate request<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>If you&#8217;re using the certificate on your own server or a code or driver signing certificate<\/em>, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/5343?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Generate a CSR (certificate signing request)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Activate your credit<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your IFindHost &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/\">CheapDomainRegistration.com<\/a> account.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>SSL Certificates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Next to the SSL certificate credit you want to use, click\u00a0<strong>Set up<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><em>If you have multiple credits<\/em>, select the credit you want to use, and then click\u00a0<strong>Set up<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Refresh the page; you should see a\u00a0<strong>New Certificate<\/strong>. If you don&#8217;t, continue to refresh the page until you do.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Request your certificate<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Next to your\u00a0<strong>New Certificate<\/strong>, click\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select one of the following based on where you&#8217;re hosting your certificate:<br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Where&#8217;s it hosted?<\/th>\n<th>What to do<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IFindHost &#8211; CheapDomainRegistration.com\u00a0hosting\u00a0or\u00a0site builder<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Select the domain hosted in your account you want to use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Anywhere else<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Select\u00a0<strong>Provide a CSR<\/strong>, and then enter the CSR from your server. If you need help, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/562?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Request an SSL certificate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0If you&#8217;re requesting a UCC certificate, your CSR should include the SANs you want to use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>UCC certs only<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Enter any Subject Alternate Names you want to use, and then click\u00a0<strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Depending on your issuance type, do one of the following:<br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Issuance Type<\/th>\n<th>Select&#8230;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Standard<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Click\u00a0<strong>Request Certificate<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Deluxe, Extended Validation (EV)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Click\u00a0<strong>Next<\/strong>, and then complete the information on the following page. We&#8217;ll use this information to verify you control the common name for which you requested the certificate so it must match whatever documentation you provide us.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<strong>Finished<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Next step<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We need to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/verify-your-certificate-request\/\">verify your certificate request\u00a0<\/a>\u2014 how long this takes depends on the type of certificate (typically between 1 and 7 days)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After you\u00a0purchase an SSL certificate, you need to request it for the website&#8217;s domain name (or &#8220;common name&#8221;) you want to use. 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