Create a CSR in the FileCloud Control Panel

When using SSL on Windows, you must create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to receive an SSL certificate.

• A CSR is a data file that contains a Public Key and your domain details.
• You will submit the CSR to your SSL provider.  
• Your provider will verify and then issue an SSL certificate file

If you encounter issues using the FileCloud control panel, you can:

Manually create a CSR to receive an SSL certificate

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To create a CSR in the FileCloud control panel:

1. Open the FileCloud Control Panel

2. Click Create SSL CSR.
   
   New CSR fields appear.

3. Enter your data into the fields.
   

   Information	Example	Notes
   Country Name	US	2letter code
   State	TEXAS	full name - no abbreviations
   City	Austin	full city name
   Organization Name	MyCompany	company name
   Organizational Unit Name	IT	section name
   Domain Name	filecloud.IWPL.com	server FQDN or YOUR name Be sure to enter the actual server's fully qualified name filecloud.yourdomain.com If it is a wildcard certificate for all sub domains (for example for using multi tenancy), then be sure to enter *.yourdomain.com *.yourdomain.com

4. Click Generate CSR.
   The following popup appears:
   
   

5. Submit the CSR to your SSL provider.