How To Install SSL Certificate on IIS Web Server

Installation Instructions

1. Launch IIS Manager. Click Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Select your server name. ...
3. Navigate to the Security section. ...
4. Click Complete Certificate Request. ...
5. Browse to your Server Certificate. ...
6. Name your certificate. ...
7. Click OK.

1. How do I install an existing SSL certificate in IIS?
2. How do I enable SSL on IIS?
3. How install SSL certificate IIS 10?
4. How do I install a SSL certificate on my website?
5. How do I get an SSL certificate?
6. How do I create a SSL certificate?
7. Can SSL work without certificate?
8. What is IIS SSL settings?
9. How do I enable https?
10. How do I install TLS?
11. How do SSL certificates work?
12. Where do we find SSL certificate in IIS?

How do I install an existing SSL certificate in IIS?

How to Import and Export SSL Certificates in IIS 7

1. On the Start menu click Run and then type mmc.
2. Click File > Add/Remove Snap-in.
3. Click Certificates > Add.
4. Select Computer Account and then click Next. ...
5. Click the + to expand the certificates (local computer) console tree and look for the personal directory/folder.

How do I enable SSL on IIS?

On the IIS server, start the IIS Manager (on the Windows taskbar, select Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager).
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Enabling SSL in IIS

1. In Type, select https.
2. In SSL certificate, select an appropriate certificate from available choices. ...
3. Click OK.

How install SSL certificate IIS 10?

Install your SSL certificate

1. Click on your Start Menu, then click Run.
2. In the prompt, type inetmgr and click OK to launch the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
3. Under the Connections panel on the left, click on your Server Name.
4. In the main panel under the IIS section, double click on Server Certificates.

How do I install a SSL certificate on my website?

How to activate your certificate:

1. Go to the Websites & Domains tab.
2. In the section for the domain name you want to use, click Show More.
3. Click Hosting Settings.
4. In the Security section, select SSL support.
5. Select the Certificate you created, and then click OK.

How do I get an SSL certificate?

How To Order An SSL Certificate

1. Prepare by getting your server set up and getting your WHOIS record updated (it needs to show the correct company name and address), etc.
2. Generate the CSR on the server.
3. Submit the CSR and other info to the Certificate Authority.
4. Have your domain and company validated.
5. Receive and install the issued certificate.

How do I create a SSL certificate?

1. Steps to generate a key and CSR.
2. Configure a certificate for multiple domain names.
3. Set the OpenSSL configuration environment variable (optional)
4. Generate a key.
5. Create a certificate signing request to send to a certificate authority.
6. Send the CSR to a certificate authority to obtain an SSL certificate.

Can SSL work without certificate?

Without an SSL certificate, a website's traffic can't be encrypted with TLS. Technically, any website owner can create their own SSL certificate, and such certificates are called self-signed certificates.

What is IIS SSL settings?

After you import your certificate to your IIS 8 server, you must configure IIS to use the newly imported certificate to secure your website. In IIS 8, each SSL Certificate is bound to a particular IP address on a particular port.

How do I enable https?

How to properly enable HTTPS on your server

1. Host with a dedicated IP address.
2. Buy an SSL certificate.
3. Request the SSL certificate.
4. Install the certificate.
5. Update your site to enable HTTPS.

How do I install TLS?

Installation Instructions

1. Launch IIS Manager. Click Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Select your server name. ...
3. Navigate to the Security section. ...
4. Click Complete Certificate Request. ...
5. Browse to your Server Certificate. ...
6. Name your certificate. ...
7. Click OK.

How do SSL certificates work?

A browser or server attempts to connect to a website (i.e. a web server) secured with SSL. The browser/server requests that the web server identify itself. The web server sends the browser/server a copy of its SSL certificate. The browser/server checks to see whether or not it trusts the SSL certificate.

Where do we find SSL certificate in IIS?

On the server name Home page (center pane), in the IIS section, double-click Server Certificates. On the Server Certificates page (center pane), in the Actions menu (right pane), click the Complete Certificate Request… link.