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Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from RapidSSL.com

Zeus Server Ver.3

Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, you will have a CSR ready to submit to RapidSSL.com in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.

Note: The following assumes you have already created a virtual web to be SSL-enabled. Please refer to the ZEUS documentation "Security Configuration / Enabling SSL" located at: http://www.zeus.co.uk/extra/docsystem/

Select the Web icon from the Admin Server control panel.

Select SSL Configuration. On the Edit Server panel, choose SSL ON to enable SSL.

Select SSL Quick Setup to begin creating your Private Key and Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

Enter the full path for your Private Key file under Generate Your Private Key, select key size (e.g., 1024).

Enter the Distinguished Name Field information under Create a Certificate Request. When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?.

Distinguished Name Field	Explanation	Example
Common Name	The fully qualified domain name for your server. This must be an exact match	If you intend to secure the URL https://www.yourdomain.com, then your CSR's common name must be www.yourdomain.com.
Organization	The exact legal name of your Organization. Do not abbreviate your Organization name	Your Company, Inc.
Organization Unit	Section of the Organization	Marketing
City or Locality	The city where your Organization is legally located	Atlanta
State / Province	The State / Province where your Organization is legally located. Can not be abbreviated	Georgia
Country	The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country	US = United States

Hit the Setup Server button and check the Verbose box to view progress. The Private Key information and CSR contents will be presented.

Copy this CSR text; be sure to include the line "-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----" and everything up to and including the "-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----" lines.

Submit your CSR to Fame Hosting by completing the online enrollment forms.

Additional instructions can be found on the ZEUS web site.