# How to do it without the help tools? Just old school, I sent csr and get crt **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 5, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477 "2017-07-05T00:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![barkos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@barkos](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/barkos)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/1 "2017-07-05T00:24:04Z")
Hi there! I run a custom built web server on a custom built Linux. How can I just send my csr and get the crt? That’s really all I need. It feels to me that these tools that are supposed to help make everything a lot more complex (at least in my case). The script I downloaded from the website needs some dependencies, etc… I want it simple, how can I do that? Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Neilpang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/neilpang/32/20232_2.png) [@Neilpang](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Neilpang)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/2 "2017-07-05T01:10:44Z")
try [acme.sh](https://acme.sh). it has a command: `--signcsr` ```auto acme.sh --signcsr --csr /path/to/csr -w /path/webroot/home/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![danb35](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/danb35/32/70869_2.png) [@danb35](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/danb35)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/3 "2017-07-05T02:03:35Z")
> [@barkos](#): > > How can I just send my csr and get the crt? You can't--Let's Encrypt doesn't work that way. You must use some form of client, be it a piece of locally-installed software (as suggested by @Neilpang), or a third-party web client like [zerossl.com](http://zerossl.com). ---
**Author:** ![barkos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@barkos](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/barkos)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/4 "2017-07-05T03:09:04Z")
@Neilpang : Perfect thanks! Exactly what I was looking for 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ahaw021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/ahaw021/32/14882_2.png) [@ahaw021](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ahaw021)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/5 "2017-07-05T04:47:02Z")
hi @danb35 Let’s Encrypt will allow you use you own CSRs @barkos there are lots of clients which are fairly straight forward (pass them CSR) certbot and some of the others have a lot of additional functionality but it’s usually a matter of shopping around ACME requires you to use a client so there’s not real way around that. Choosing a client that is fit for purpose is a bit more of a challenge Andrei ---
**Author:** ![danb35](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/danb35/32/70869_2.png) [@danb35](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/danb35)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/6 "2017-07-05T10:19:25Z")
> [@ahaw021](#): > > Let's Encrypt will allow you use you own CSRs Of course it will--with client software. As I said, you can't just upload a CSR on the LE web site and have it generate a cert; you need to use client software of one form or another. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-do-it-without-the-help-tools-just-old-school-i-sent-csr-and-get-crt/37477/7 "2017-08-04T10:19:27Z")
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