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Install a key certificate on the server machine in IIS

  1. Open your browser and go to the security certificate server URL: http://<Windows_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 Open Feature.
  16. From the Actions view, select Complete Certificate Request.
  17. Browse to c:\certnew.cer and give the Friendly name as machine name, and click Next.
  18. Set the SSL port to the port number for the study server. The default is 443.
  19. Click OK.
  20. Go to C:\ directory. Right click on c:\certnew.p7b.
  21. Select Install Certificate, and click Next.
  22. Click Next again, and click Finish.
  23. Click Yes in the Security Warning dialog box.
  24. Click OK on the confirmation dialog box.
  25. Set the Binding for Default Websites.
  26. Go to IIS Manager.
  27. Select the <machine_name> node.
  28. Open the Web Sites node.
  29. Click Edit Site > Bindings, and click Add.
  30. Select the certificate type as Https and SSL.
  31. Click View. Verify that there is no red exclamation mark for the Certificate.
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