You can confirm that your new key pair has been generated and installed in your system by clicking All Items in the left-hand Category menu of the main Keychain Access window and typing the Common Name for the new CSR in the search box at the upper right.

Confirm key pair generation and installation.

Clicking the Show In Finder… button will open a Finder window with the CSR file.Ĭlick the Done button to close the Certificate Assistant window.

Your new CSR will be saved to disk in the location you specified. If you did not check the box this prompt will not appear. If you checked the optional Let me specify key pair information checkbox in step 4 above, you will be prompted to choose the Key Size and Algorithm from the drop-down menus. Select key size and algorithm (optional).certSigningRequest, choose a location to save it, and click the Save button. In the dialog box that appears, give the CSR a filename with the extension. If you want to change the default key size and algorithm for the key pair (optional), check the Let me specify key pair information checkbox. Choose to specify key size and algorithm (optional).Then, enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the website this certificate will protect in the Common Name field (depending on the certificate type, this may be a wildcard, such as *.). In the Certificate Assistant window that opens, enter your email address in the User Email Address field. Select Keychain Access > Certificate Assistant > Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority… from the menu. Open the Keychain Access application, located at /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app. To generate a CSR in macOS Keychain Access you’ll need to:

To order your certificate from SSL.com, you need to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

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