elow is a description on how to install and activate a Self-Signed Certificate in Microsoft’s webserver IIS.
One should of course install the webserver role first before a certificate can be created.
Step 1 – Create Certificate
- Open the Internet Information Services Manager from the Tools menu (Server Manager)
- Select your server and double-click Server Certificates
- The following screen appears:
- Click on Create Self-Signed Certificate in the Actions menu
- Enter a name for your certificate and click OK
- Your certificate is added:
Step 2: Add Binding
In this step we create a binding: we tell our website that it should use the installed certificate.
- Select the Default Web Site in Internet Information Services Manager under Sites:
- Click on Bindings… in the Actions menu and click Add in the pop-up screen
- The Add Site Binding screen appears:
- Select https from the Types drop-down list
- Insert the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of your server under Host name
- Select your self-created certificate from the SSL certificate drop-down list
- Leave the default settings for all other options and click on OK
- The next screen shows the added Site Binding:
- Exit the wizard by clicking the Close button
- Your site is now ready to accept HTTPS requests