{"id":2035,"date":"2021-06-10T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:40:25","slug":"windows-generate-csr-for-code-or-driver-signing-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/windows-generate-csr-for-code-or-driver-signing-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Generate CSR Code Signing Windows Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code Signing Certificates must be purchased from<\/span><b> a Certificate Authority <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(CA) before you can request a <\/span><b>Certificate Signing Request (CSR)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The CSR contains encoded information on the requestor (you), including name, email address, and public key.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you begin, note that not all web browsers support <\/span><b>CSR code generation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The browsers used must support a specific function required in the process. It is known that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/enterprise\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firefox ESR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> IE 11, and Safari (for Mac) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support this feature.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Step 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sign in to the website from which you purchased the code signing certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Step 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the certificate details, select the option to \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generate Certificate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d You will need to fill out the requested information at the next step.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Step 3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Click \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d once you\u2019re done. Your web browser will generate the key pair and send it directly to the CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Step 4<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Validate your code signing certificate &#8211; this will require you to follow guidelines from your CA. Expect validation to take anywhere between one to five business days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Step 5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Once the validation is complete, the CA will send your code signing certificate to your email address. Download the certificate and export it into your web browser.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Code Signing Certificates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are necessary for the publication of software packages on specific platforms &#8211; in this case, Windows. You will need a <\/span><b>Code Signing Certificate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if you wish to develop applications or drivers for this platform<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code Signing Certificates must be purchased from a Certificate Authority (CA) before you can request a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). The CSR contains encoded information on the requestor (you), including name, email address, and public key. Before you begin, note that not all web browsers support CSR code generation. 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