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Author: Sergiu Rosca

Sergiu Rosca is the core web developer behind SSL Dragon. He manages the technical infrastructure, platform performance, and backend integrations that keep the site running smoothly and securely. At SSL Dragon, Sergiu shares practical insights on web development, site optimization, and technical troubleshooting.

Tutorials reviewed by Sergiu Rosca

How to Generate a CSR on Heroku

This tutorial shows you how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) for Heroku using OpenSSL and how to upload the issued certificate with the Heroku CLI. Heroku has no built-in CSR form on the platform itself, so the request and the matching private key are generated off-platform (on your local Linux, macOS, or Windows […]

How to Generate a CSR on Google Cloud Platform

This tutorial shows you how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) for Google Cloud Platform using OpenSSL, then how to upload the signed certificate to the right Google Cloud service. Google Cloud has no built-in form that creates a CSR for you, so the request and the matching private key are generated with OpenSSL, […]

How to Generate a CSR on Google App Engine

This tutorial explains how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) for Google App Engine. Because GAE provisions Google-managed SSL certificates automatically (signed by Google Trust Services or Let’s Encrypt), you only need to generate a CSR if you plan to upload your own certificate, for example an OV, EV, or wildcard certificate from a […]

How to Generate a CSR in WHM

This guide shows you how to generate a CSR in WHM (Web Host Manager), the server-level control panel that sits above the individual cPanel accounts. WHM creates the CSR, the matching private key, and a self-signed certificate in one step, then stores all three in the SSL Storage Manager for retrieval. The same form works […]

How to Generate a CSR on Webmin

This tutorial shows you how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) on Webmin. Webmin is a browser-based control panel for Linux servers, so you have two practical ways to create the CSR: through Webmin’s built-in SSL modules (a graphical form for the Webmin panel itself or for an Apache virtual host) or with the […]

How to Generate a CSR on Virtualmin

This tutorial shows you how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) on Virtualmin, the open-source hosting control panel that runs on top of Webmin. The graphical form does the work for you: it builds a 2048-bit (or larger) RSA private key on the server, writes a PKCS #10 request with your subject and any […]

How to Generate a CSR on VestaCP

This tutorial shows you how to generate a CSR on VestaCP using the built-in SSL generator in the web panel. You will also learn how to verify your CSR before submitting it to a Certificate Authority.

How to Generate a CSR on Sentora

This guide shows you how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) on Sentora using OpenSSL. Sentora’s control panel has no built-in CSR tool, so you create the request on the server itself, which runs on Apache and Linux. A single command produces two files at once: a private key that stays on your server, […]

How to Generate CSR in Plesk

This guide shows you how to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) in Plesk. The steps below follow current Plesk Obsidian (18.x), which is the supported release line. Plesk creates both the CSR and its matching private key for you, and stores the key on the server inside the certificate entry, so all you need […]

How to Generate the CSR on ISPConfig

This guide shows you how to generate a CSR in ISPConfig, the open-source Linux hosting control panel. ISPConfig manages SSL per website: you open the site in the panel, enable SSL on the Domain tab so the SSL tab appears, fill in the organization fields, and set SSL Action to Create Certificate. ISPConfig creates the […]