Create CSR and Install SSL Certificate – IIS Windows server

Creating a CSR and installing your SSL certificate on Windows server 2016


1.IIS Your CSR on Windows Server 2016

Using IIS 10 to Create Your CSR

  1. In the Windows start menu, type Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and open it.
  2. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, in the Connections menu tree (left pane), locate and click the server name.

IIS 10 Create CSR


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


IIS 10 Create CSR



  1. In the Request Certificate wizard, on the Distinguished Name Properties page, provide the information specified below and then click Next:


Common name:

Type the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) (e.g., www.example.com).

 


Organization:

Type your company’s legally registered name (e.g., YourCompany, Inc.).



 


Organizational unit:

The name of your department within the organization. Frequently this entry will be listed as "IT", "Web Security,"


or is simply left blank.

 


City/locality:

Type the city where your company is legally located.

 


State/province:

Type the state/province where your company is legally located.

 


Country:

In the drop-down list, select the country where your company is legally located.


  1. IIS 10 Add CSR Details
  2. On the Cryptographic Service Provider Properties page, provide the information below and then click Next.

Cryptographic

In the drop-down list, select Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider,

service provider:

unless you have a specific cryptographic provider.

 


Bit length:

In the drop-down list select 4096, unless you have a specific reason

 

for opting for larger bit length.


  1. On the File Name page, under Specify a file name for the certificate request, click the … box to browse to a location where you want to save your CSR.

Note: Remember the filename that you choose and the location to which you save your csr.txt file. If you just enter a filename without browsing to a location, your CSR will end up in C:\Windows\System32.

IIS 10 Add CSR Details

    09.When you are done, click Finish.

  1. Use a text editor (such as Notepad) to open the file. Then, copy the text, including the -----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- and -----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- tags.

IIS 10 Add CSR Details

 


2. IIS How to Install and Configure Your SSL Certificate on Windows Server.

Install SSL Certificate

  1. On the server where you created the CSR, save the SSL certificate .cer file (e.g., your_domain_com.cer) that DigiCert sent to you.
  2. In the Windows start menu, type Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and open it.
  3. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, in the Connections menu tree (left pane), locate and click the server name.

IIS 10 Install SSL Certificate

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

IIS 10 Install SSL Certificate

  1. In the Complete Certificate Request wizard, on the Specify Certificate Authority Response page, do the following and then click OK:

File name containing the

Click the … box and browse to and select the .cer file

certificate authority's response:

(e.g., your_domain_com.cer) that DigiCert sent to you.

 


Friendly name:

Type a friendly name for the certificate.


The friendly name is not part of the certificate; instead, it is used to identify the certificate.


We recommend that you add DigiCert and the expiration date to the end of your friendly name, for example: yoursite-digicert-(expiration date).


This information helps identify the issuer and expiration date for each certificate. It also helps distinguish multiple certificates with the same domain name.


 

Select a certificate store

In the drop-down list, select Personal

for the new certificate:



  1. Now that you've successfully installed your SSL certificate, you need to assign the certificate to the appropriate site.

Assign SSL Certificate

        8. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, in the Connections menu tree (left pane), expand the name of the server on which the certificate was installed. Then expand Sites and click the site you want to use the SSL certificate to secure.

IIS 10 Assign SSL Certificate

        9.On the website Home page, in the Actions menu (right pane), under Edit Site, click the Bindings… link.

  1. In the Site Bindings window, click Add.

IIS 10 Assign SSL Certificate

        11.In the Add Site Bindings window, do the following and then click OK:

Type:

In the drop-down list, select https.

 


IP address:

In the drop-down list, select the IP address of the site or select All Unassigned.

 


Port:

Type port 443. The port over which traffic is secure by SSL is port 443.

 


SSL certificate:

In the drop-down list, select your new SSL certificate (e.g., yourdomain.com).

12.IIS 10 Assign SSL Certificate

  1. Your SSL certificate is now installed, and the website configured to accept secure connections.

IIS 10 Assign SSL Certificate