Where can I find crt file when requested in Plesk

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My domain is:aeroacoustic.de

I ran this command:

It produced this output:

My web server is (include version):

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Debian 12
My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
Strato
I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know):
yes
I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
Plesk Obsidian 18.0.56

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):
Certbot is not installed.

I was working in the Tools & Settings -- SSL/TLS menue
After requesting the certificate I got the following message:

Information: The SSL/TLS certificate was issued. To make it work, assign the certificate to secure a domain, mail, or webmail.

If you created a certificate signing request on this server and received the certificate file, upload it here. If you want to upload a certificate and private key pair generated on a different server, or generate a self-signed certificate, click Add SSL/TLS Certificate.
Upload the certificate here

Where can I find the certificate (crt file)?
I had to provide an email address but did not receive an email.
The crt.sh identity search does no find a certificate.

Probably somewhere in Plesk? It says to "assign" the issued certificate. I guess that's using the webinterface of Plesk.

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Thank you for this suggestion. I have tried to find a crt-file, but I can download in Plesk only a file with the extension pem, which contains two text blocks
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
....
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
....
-----END PRIVATE KEY

But this is no crt file

When you say "no crt file"...
Are you speaking about the file extension?
If so, you can rename it from .pem to .crt and it should still "work".

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That is exactly the cert file. The file extension doesn't matter.

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Looks more like a CSR, although I don't know why a CSR would be combined with the private key?

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It was a CSR!
I had to copy it to the certificate request page of my provider to get the certificate.

The problem is solved for me.

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