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title: Leaseweb SSL Certificates
description: "0:00 10:31 Leaseweb offers several SSL certificates to secure your website or other services. You can purchase a wide range of certificates from us. The validation options that we provide for each SSL certificate are 1. Domain Validation (DV) 2.…"
url: "https://kb.leaseweb.com/kb/hosting/hosting-ssl-certificates/"
updated: "2026-07-13"
category: Products / Hosting
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# Leaseweb SSL Certificates

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Leaseweb offers several SSL certificates to secure your website or other services. You can purchase a wide range of certificates from us. The validation options that we provide for each SSL certificate are

1. Domain Validation (DV)
2. Organization Validation (OV)
3. Extended Validation (EV)

## What is the difference between Domain (DV), Organization (OV) and Extended (EV) Validation?

**Domain Validation**

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- Quickest verification process, cheaper and a secure feeling for the visitors of the website.
- For this certificate, the domain needs to be **owned by you**.
- This is done in a verification process in which you have to prove that you are the owner of the domain.

**Organization Validation**

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- Longer verification process
- Higher price, an increasingly secure feeling for the visitors of the website over DV.
- During the verification process, a questionnaire is sent to the organization with questions like 'What is the address of the organization'.
- **Only if all this information matches the SSL application the certificate will be provided**.
- OV certification is often used when bank transfers or payments are part of the website.

**Extended Validation**

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- The highest form of verification, leading to a green address bar, and in most browsers, the company name is highlighted.
- During the verification process, company details are requested and strictly checked.
- **Checks with the Chamber of Commerce are common, and a phone call is made for verification**.

## How can I request a Let's Encrypt certificate for my website?

Let's Encrypt is only supported on our **Linux web hosting platform.**

If you would like to have it enabled for your website, please submit a ticket in the [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/). The following picture shows the variables that are filled in to help you submit it directly in the correct way:

![image 24](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-24.png)

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## How can I order SSL certificates with Leaseweb?

1. Login to the [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/), and on the left panel, under **Hosting**, select **SSL Certificates**.

![image 23](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-23-1024x383.png)

1. Click the **Order New Certificate** button. You will be redirected to the **website**.
2. **Select** the type of certificate you want to order and enter the domain name for which you are requesting the certificate.
3. **Click Add to cart**.

![Screenshot 2025 12 22 at 11.20.15](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-22-at-11.20.15-1024x571.png)

**Information**

Not sure about which certificate to choose? Check out the overview of each certificate type at the top of this page.

**Warning**

The domain name should **not**contain spaces, special characters, or unsupported symbols. **Only** alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-) and valid domain structures (e.g., example.com) are allowed.

1. On this page, the shopping cart is displayed. Once you’re ready, click the **Checkout** button to proceed.

![image 25](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-25.png)

1. Review your **Business Contact Details** and **Order Request**.
2. Check the **Terms and Conditions** boxes if you agree to them.
3. Click **Place Order**.

![image 26](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-26.png)

1. **Select your Payment Method** & **confirm**.
   - You should see a success message for your order, indicating that we have started processing your order.

![Screenshot 2025 12 19 at 17.02.28 4](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-19-at-17.02.28-4-1024x579.png)

1. Click on Customer Portal link on the notice.
   - This will take you to Customer Portal to complete the additional information for SSL delivery.
   - Additionally, you will receive an **email **and a **notification** in the Customer Portal, prompting you to configure your certificate.
   - Shortly after, you will receive an **email **and a **notification** in the Customer Portal, prompting you to configure your certificate.
2. **Click** the link in the email or notification to access the certificate configuration page. Then, click **continue**.

![image 38](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-38-1024x507.png)

1. Click on generate CSR/PK button to automatically generate a CSR and Private Key for you, or you can manually put the CSR you generated

![image 27](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-27-1024x483.png)

![image 28](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-28-1024x836.png)

1. **Select** the validation method for your domain(s) and click **Continue**.

![image 29](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-29-1024x753.png)

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**Information**

If your domain is managed by **Leaseweb** and you select **DNS** as the validation method, the validation process will be completed automatically for your certificate.

**Warning**

At this point, if you have selected an OV or EV certificate, the Leaseweb Customer Care team might try to contact you to process your order.

1. Review the summary of your SSL certificate request, ensure all details are correct, click **Submit Request**.
2. Your order is being processed and, for us to finalize it, the validation steps is needed from your end. The validation steps needed from your end can be one of:
   - **For EMAIL validations**:
     - Ensure you have access to an admin-type account or create one.
     - The supplier of the certificate sends a DCV (Domain Control Validation) e-mail with a link to a webpage and a code.
     - The code needs to be entered on the webpage.
   - **For DNS validations**:
     - From the used CSR and MD5, a SHA-256 hash is made.
     - The hash-values which are ready for use in the DNS will be shown when the request is confirmed.
     - With these values create a CNAME record in the DNS configuration.
   - **For FILE validations**:
     - For every domain, a .txt record file needs to be created containing hash-values.
     - This file needs to be shown in a specific path of the HTTP or HTTPS server of the domain.
     - The Certificate Authority will check the presence and content of the record for verification.
3. Once the validation is done, the certificate will be ready, and you can download the certificate in the Customer Portal.

**Tip**

Our Customer Care team is happy to assist you with ordering and installing an SSL certificate on our Web Hosting platform. You can contact us anytime by opening a ticket under Support from the [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/). In this case, please, inform us your purchase order number.

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## How can I order Multi-Domain SSL Certificate with Leaseweb?

1. Login to the [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/), and on the left panel, under **Hosting**, select **SSL Certificates**.

![image 30](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-30-1024x383.png)

1. Click the **Order New Certificate** button. You will be redirected to the **website**.
2. **Select** the type of **Multi-Domain** certificate you want to order and enter the first domain name for which you are requesting the certificate, additionally you can select the number of domains you want to add.
3. **Click Add to cart**.

![Screenshot 2025 12 22 at 11.28.50](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-22-at-11.28.50-1024x665.png)

**Warning**

The domain name should **not**contain spaces, special characters, or unsupported symbols. **Only**alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-) and valid domain structures (e.g., example.com) are allowed.

1. On this page, the shopping cart is displayed. Once you’re ready, click the **Checkout** button to proceed.

![image 31](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-31.png)

1. Review your **Business Contact Details** and **Order Request**.
2. Check the **Terms and Conditions** boxes if you agree to them,
3. Click **Place Order**.

![image 32](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-32.png)

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1. **Select your Payment Method** & **confirm** you should see a success message for your order, indicating that we have started processing your order.

![Screenshot 2025 12 19 at 17.02.28 2](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-19-at-17.02.28-2-1024x579.png)

1. Click on **Customer Portal Link** on the notice.
   - This will take you to Customer Portal to complete the additional information for SSL delivery, additionally you will receive an **email **and a **notification** in the Customer Portal, prompting you to configure your certificate.
2. When you receive the email notification, **Click** the link in the email or notification to access the certificate configuration page.
3. Click **continue**.

![image 33](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-33-1024x338.png)

1. Click on generate CSR/PK button to automatically generate a CSR and Private Key for you, or you can manually put the CSR you generated.

![image 39](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-39-1024x467.png)

![image 40](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-40-1024x758.png)

1. **Select** the validation method for your domain(s).
2. Click on **Add Domain** to add multiple domains.
3. Click **Continue**.

![image 34](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-34-1024x727.png)

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**Information**

If your domain is managed by **Leaseweb** and you select **DNS** as the validation method, the validation process will be completed automatically for your certificate.

**Warning**

At this point, if you have selected an OV or EV certificate, the Leaseweb Customer Care team might try to contact you to process your order.

1. Review the summary of your SSL certificate request, ensure all details are correct, and click **Submit Request**.
2. Your order is being processed and, for us to finalize it, the validation steps is needed from your end. The validation steps needed from your end can be one of:
   - **For EMAIL validations**:
     - Ensure you have access to an admin-type account or create one.
     - The supplier of the certificate sends a DCV (Domain Control Validation) e-mail with a link to a webpage and a code.
     - The code needs to be entered on the webpage.
   - **For DNS validations**:
     - From the used CSR and MD5, a SHA-256 hash is made.
     - The hash-values which are ready for use in the DNS will be shown when the request is confirmed.
     - With these values create a CNAME record in the DNS configuration.
   - **For FILE validations**:
     - For every domain, a .txt record file needs to be created containing hash-values.
     - This file needs to be shown in a specific path of the HTTP or HTTPS server of the domain.
     - The Certificate Authority will check the presence and content of the record for verification.
3. Once the validation is done, the certificate will be ready, and you can download the certificate in the Customer Portal.

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**Tip**

Our Customer Care team is happy to assist you with ordering and installing an SSL certificate on our Web Hosting platform. You can contact us anytime by opening a ticket under Support from the [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/). In this case, please, inform us your purchase order number.

## How can I reissue SSL certificates?

1. Login to the [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/), and on the left panel, under **Hosting**, select **SSL Certificates**.

![image 35](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-35-1024x383.png)

1. Click on the **Reissue**button of the certificate you want to reissue.
   - You will be redirected to the certificate reissue page.
2. Click **continue**.

![image 36](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-36-1024x378.png)

1. Click on generate CSR/PK button to automatically generate a CSR and Private Key for you, or you can manually put the CSR you generated

![image 37](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-37-1024x482.png)

![image 38](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-38-1024x729.png)

1. **Select** the validation method for your domain(s).
2. Click **Continue**.

![image 39](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-39-1024x446.png)

1. Review the summary of your SSL certificate reissue request, ensure all details are correct.
2. Click **Submit Request**.
3. Your order is being processed and, for us to finalize it, the validation steps is needed from your end. The validation steps needed from your end can be one of:
   - **For EMAIL validations**:
     - Ensure you have access to an admin-type account or create one.
     - The supplier of the certificate sends a DCV (Domain Control Validation) e-mail with a link to a webpage and a code.
     - The code needs to be entered on the webpage.
   - **For DNS validations**:
     - From the used CSR and MD5, a SHA-256 hash is made.
     - The hash-values which are ready for use in the DNS will be shown when the request is confirmed.
     - With these values create a CNAME record in the DNS configuration.
   - **For FILE validations**:
     - For every domain, a .txt record file needs to be created containing hash-values.
     - This file needs to be shown in a specific path of the HTTP or HTTPS server of the domain.
     - The Certificate Authority will check the presence and content of the record for verification.
4. Once the validation is done, the certificate will be ready, and you can download the certificate in the Customer Portal.

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## How can I manage SSL certificates?

1. Login to [Customer Portal](https://secure.leaseweb.com/tickets/), and on the left panel, under **Hosting**, select **SSL Certificates**.

![image 40](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-40-1024x479.png)

1. The list of SSL certificates ordered with Leaseweb is displayed.
   - You can see the **Domain** for which each of the certificates was ordered, its **Type**, **Status,** as well as **Issue** and **Expiration** **Dates**.
   - When certificates are issued, you can download the corresponding installation files by clicking on the **Download** icon.
2. Click on the **Details**icon, to see more information on a specific certificate order.

![image 41](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-41-1024x297.png)

1. To see the current validation method, click on the **Show** **Details**icon.

![image 42](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-42.png)

1. To use a different validation method than originally selected, click on the **Change **icon. You can select **File**, **Email** or **DNS** validation.

![image 43](https://kb.leaseweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-43.png)
If you select **Email**, then you need to provide an email address for the validation to happen.

1. Click **Save** to apply your choice.

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