How Do I Create a CSR in Plesk?

If you ordered a paid SSL certificate, you can create the CSR for the certificate authority in Plesk in a few steps. The private key stays in Plesk, and you upload the certificate to the same place when it arrives.

Step by step

1. Log in to your Plesk panel at https://yourdomain.com:8443 or from the service page in your client area.
2. On the Websites & Domains page, click SSL/TLS Certificates under your domain.
3. In the Advanced settings section, click Add SSL/TLS Certificate.
4. Enter the certificate name, domain, email, country, state, city and organisation. Leave Bits at 2048.
5. Click Request. Plesk creates the CSR and the private key.
6. Click the new certificate's name in the list and copy all the text in the CSR box (including the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- lines).
7. Paste the CSR into the certificate order in your client area.

When the certificate arrives

1. Click the same certificate's name.
2. Paste the certificate (.crt) and the intermediate certificate (CA bundle) into the boxes, or upload them as files.
3. Select this certificate under Hosting Settings and turn on the HTTPS redirect.

For a wildcard certificate, enter *.yourdomain.com as the domain. Use the SSL Checker to verify the installation.