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Installing a key certificate on the server machine in IIS

  1. Open your browser and go to the security certificate server URL: http://<Windows_2016_security_certificate_server>/<certificate _request_page>.
  2. Click Request a certificate.
  3. Click Advanced certificate request.
  4. Click Submit a certificate request by using a base-64-encoded.
  5. Copy all the text in certreq.txt file in the first text field of the saved request.
  6. Click Submit.
  7. Select Base 64 encoded.
  8. Click Download certificate.
  9. Save to c:\certnew.cer.
  10. Click Download certificate chain.
  11. Save to c:\certnew.p7b.
  12. Go to Internet Information Services Manager to complete the certificate request.
  13. Select the <machine_name> node.
  14. From the Feature View, select Server Certificate under IIS group.
  15. From the Actions view, select Complete Certificate Request.
  16. Browse to c:\certnew.cer and give the Friendly name as machine name, and click Next.
  17. Click OK.
  18. Go to C:\ directory. Right click on c:\certnew.p7b.
  19. Select Install Certificate, and click Next.
  20. Click Next again, and click Finish.
  21. Click Yes in the Security Warning dialog box.
  22. Click OK on the confirmation dialog box.
  23. Set the Binding for Default Websites.
  24. Go to IIS Manager.
  25. Select the <machine_name> node.
  26. Open the Web Sites node.
  27. Select SSL Settings from the Features View, and then select Binding from Actions and click Add.
  28. Select the certificate type as Https.
    1. Specify the correct port.
    2. Select the correct SSL certificate which was just installed from the SSL certificate drop-down list.
    3. Click OK.
    4. Click Close.
  29. Select the <machine_name> node.
    1. From the Feature View, double-click the Server Certificate under IIS group.
    2. Select the certificate that was just installed.
    3. Click View. Verify that there is no red exclamation mark for the Certificate.
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