1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Expand "Web Sites".
3. Right-Click on the website on which you want to install the SSL certificate.
4. Choose properties.
5. Click on the Directory Security tab.
6. Click on Server Certificate. At this point the Web Server Certificate Wizard will start.
7. On the first step, click next.
8. Choose "Create a new certificate" and click "Next".
9. Choose " Prepare the request now, but send later" and click next.
10. Choose a name for your certificate, this does not have to be the site URL but it might make things easier in the future especially if you happen to have a lot of sites on the same server.
11. Choose the bit length of the encryption key, the default, 1024 is usually good.
12. I normally do not choose to use a cryptographic service provider. More info about cryptographic service providers can be found here. Click next.
13. Fill in the organization and Organizational Unit information. Click next.
14. Fill in the common name, if the site will be internet accessible, insert the full domain name such as www.sitename.com then click next.
15. Enter the geographical information, do not abbreviate the state name and click next.
16. Save the info to a file and click next, make sure that the information is correct and click next again then click finish. At this point the information is saved to the file, by default it is in c:\certreq.txt.
17. Open the file with notepad or another plain text editor.
18. Copy all of the text.
19. Visit the Verisign Website or another SSL certificate provider and choose the certificate that you want. In this case it would be "Secure Site: SSL Certificates" or "Secure Site Pro: True 128-Bit SSL Certificates".
20. Enter the information required and continue until you get to the " Enter Certificate Signing Request (CSR)" page.
21. On this page, under "select server platform", choose Microsoft.
22. Select Version, Windows 2003 server the version is IIS6.0
23. Paste Certificate Signing Request (CSR), obtained from your server, this is the text copied from c:\certreq.txt.
24. Select Usage, in this case, choose "web server" and click "continue".
25. Enter the challenge phrase and reminder question, click next, accept the agreement.
26. The SSL certificate will be emailed to you.
27. Once the email is received with the attached certificate, copy everything from and including -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE-----.
28. Save this in a text file and put it on the server on which you need to install the certificate.
29. go back to IIS manager.
30. Right-Click on the website on which you want to install the SSL certificate.
31. Choose properties.
32. Click on the Directory Security tab.
33. Click on Server Certificate. At this point the Web Server Certificate Wizard will start.
34. On the first step, click next.
35. Choose "Process the pending request and install the certificate" and click "Next".
36. Browse the newly created .cer file which contains the information from Verisign and click "Next".
37. Choose SSL port, keep the default value of 443 and click "Next" then Finish.
At this point the installation is complete, but there are a few more configurations that should be done.
In IIS Manager, click on the "Web Site" Tab and choose advanced.Under " Multiple SSL identities for this Web site, choose "add".From the dropdown, choose the IP address that the site is running on and for the SSL port, insert 443. This is the port that the SSL protocol listens on by default.
Click "ok", then "ok" again.
The installation should now be complete.To test, point a browser to https://www.yoursitenamewithssl.com.If no errors occur the SSL certificate installation was successful
Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Expand "Web Sites".
3. Right-Click on the website on which you want to install the SSL certificate.
4. Choose properties.
5. Click on the Directory Security tab.
6. Click on Server Certificate. At this point the Web Server Certificate Wizard will start.
7. On the first step, click next.
8. Choose "Create a new certificate" and click "Next".
9. Choose " Prepare the request now, but send later" and click next.
10. Choose a name for your certificate, this does not have to be the site URL but it might make things easier in the future especially if you happen to have a lot of sites on the same server.
11. Choose the bit length of the encryption key, the default, 1024 is usually good.
12. I normally do not choose to use a cryptographic service provider. More info about cryptographic service providers can be found here. Click next.
13. Fill in the organization and Organizational Unit information. Click next.
14. Fill in the common name, if the site will be internet accessible, insert the full domain name such as www.sitename.com then click next.
15. Enter the geographical information, do not abbreviate the state name and click next.
16. Save the info to a file and click next, make sure that the information is correct and click next again then click finish. At this point the information is saved to the file, by default it is in c:\certreq.txt.
17. Open the file with notepad or another plain text editor.
18. Copy all of the text.
19. Visit the Verisign Website or another SSL certificate provider and choose the certificate that you want. In this case it would be "Secure Site: SSL Certificates" or "Secure Site Pro: True 128-Bit SSL Certificates".
20. Enter the information required and continue until you get to the " Enter Certificate Signing Request (CSR)" page.
21. On this page, under "select server platform", choose Microsoft.
22. Select Version, Windows 2003 server the version is IIS6.0
23. Paste Certificate Signing Request (CSR), obtained from your server, this is the text copied from c:\certreq.txt.
24. Select Usage, in this case, choose "web server" and click "continue".
25. Enter the challenge phrase and reminder question, click next, accept the agreement.
26. The SSL certificate will be emailed to you.
27. Once the email is received with the attached certificate, copy everything from and including -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE-----.
28. Save this in a text file and put it on the server on which you need to install the certificate.
29. go back to IIS manager.
30. Right-Click on the website on which you want to install the SSL certificate.
31. Choose properties.
32. Click on the Directory Security tab.
33. Click on Server Certificate. At this point the Web Server Certificate Wizard will start.
34. On the first step, click next.
35. Choose "Process the pending request and install the certificate" and click "Next".
36. Browse the newly created .cer file which contains the information from Verisign and click "Next".
37. Choose SSL port, keep the default value of 443 and click "Next" then Finish.
At this point the installation is complete, but there are a few more configurations that should be done.
In IIS Manager, click on the "Web Site" Tab and choose advanced.Under " Multiple SSL identities for this Web site, choose "add".From the dropdown, choose the IP address that the site is running on and for the SSL port, insert 443. This is the port that the SSL protocol listens on by default.
Click "ok", then "ok" again.
The installation should now be complete.To test, point a browser to https://www.yoursitenamewithssl.com.If no errors occur the SSL certificate installation was successful
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