# Standalone CertBot - cert server different from the server of the website where we want the certificate to be **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 21, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/standalone-certbot-cert-server-different-from-the-server-of-the-website-where-we-want-the-certificate-to-be/129075 "2020-07-21T21:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mare1980k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mare1980k1](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mare1980k1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/standalone-certbot-cert-server-different-from-the-server-of-the-website-where-we-want-the-certificate-to-be/129075/1 "2020-07-21T21:34:25Z")
Hi, I am interested in generating SSL certificate on my windows PC - and then install that certificate on the webserver. Is this possible? I don’t have access to sudo/ssh/command line. I can only upload files to the HMTL public directory / thus I need something similar as zeroSSL. When I run the certbot on my PC, I can’t find the file for the acme challenge that I am supposed to upload to webserver. Instead I just put in my domain name and it fails - because I didn’t put acme-challenge file. Is it possible to generate SSL certificate without installing the certbot to the webserver where the certificate will be? Thank you, Kind regards ---
**Author:** ![\_az](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/22d042/32.png) [@\_az](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/_az)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/standalone-certbot-cert-server-different-from-the-server-of-the-website-where-we-want-the-certificate-to-be/129075/2 "2020-07-21T21:55:10Z")
Use `--manual` instead of `--standalone`, and it will prompt you with instructions, like ZeroSSL did. ---
**Author:** ![mare1980k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mare1980k1](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mare1980k1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/standalone-certbot-cert-server-different-from-the-server-of-the-website-where-we-want-the-certificate-to-be/129075/3 "2020-07-21T23:46:15Z")
That’s it, thanks a lot, it’s my first time using let’s encrypt. For all the other people that want/need SSL: 1. Download [https://dl.eff.org/certbot-beta-installer-win32.exe](https://dl.eff.org/certbot-beta-installer-win32.exe) 2. Run cmd with admin rights in C:\WINDOWS\system32\> 3. Run command certbot certonly --manual Enjoy ---
**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 24, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/standalone-certbot-cert-server-different-from-the-server-of-the-website-where-we-want-the-certificate-to-be/129075/4 "2020-07-24T12:33:01Z")
> [@mare1980k1](#): > > I can only upload files to the HMTL public directory / thus I need something similar as zeroSSL. [Crypt::LE Windows binary](https://github.com/do-know/Crypt-LE/releases/latest/download/le64.zip) - single file, no installation, no admin rights. Can be run it interactively: ```nohighlight le64.exe -email "your@email.address" -key account.key -csr domain.csr -csr-key domain.key -crt domain.crt -domains "www.your.domain,your.domain" -generate-missing -live ``` More documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/do-know/Crypt-LE#quick-start-on-windows). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/standalone-certbot-cert-server-different-from-the-server-of-the-website-where-we-want-the-certificate-to-be/129075/5 "2020-08-23T12:33:15Z")
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