# Create a cert without having a domain

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/create-a-cert-without-having-a-domain/18266>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/create-a-cert-without-having-a-domain/18266 "2016-07-25T13:22:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![florian2833z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@florian2833z](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/florian2833z)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/create-a-cert-without-having-a-domain/18266/1 "2016-07-25T13:22:16Z")

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Hey, i justed want to ask if you could allow cert for just ip addresses. I need a cert for my little kvmserver and it would be nice if i could create a cert.

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**Author:** ![pfg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/pfg/32/1924_2.png) [@pfg](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/pfg)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/create-a-cert-without-having-a-domain/18266/2 "2016-07-25T13:27:28Z")

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There are no plans to support IP-based certificates.

There are options that allow you to get free domains and DNS hosting, if that’s the concern. For example, you could get a [.tk domain](http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en) plus CloudFlare for DNS.

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**Author:** ![leader](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/leader/32/7569_2.png) [@leader](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/leader)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/create-a-cert-without-having-a-domain/18266/3 "2016-07-25T13:48:47Z")

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If it’s for the internal use or testing, you can just use a self-signed certificate. You can generate it in one click using the [Self-Signed Certificate Generator](https://zerossl.com/free-ssl/#self). You don’t have to use a domain for that - IP (both v4 and v6), URI or email will be accepted just fine.

If you need a proper trusted cert though, then of course using a free domain makes sense (you can get quite a few extensions at Freenom for example).

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/create-a-cert-without-having-a-domain/18266/4 "2016-08-24T13:49:10Z")

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