Installing your Web server Certificate
- Start the MS IIS Management Console and select your server.
- Click on the Key Manager icon. Select your original key.
- Select Install Key Certificate from the Key menu.
- Choose Your Web Server Certificate.crt file sent to you via email. This file
should be the name of your domain/or company with a .crt extension. For example:
Your Web Server.crt.
- Type in your original key's password.
- Click OK in the Server Bindings box.
- Select Commit from the Computers menu. Click Yes to commit all changes.
- Stop then Start Your Web Server
- Test your certificate by connecting to your server. Use the https protocol directive
(e.g. https://your server/) to indicate you wish to use secure HTTP.
- Note: The padlock icon on your Web browser will be displayed in the locked position
if you have set up your site properly.
Backing up your key pair file
- Unlike other files, key pair files (keypair = private key + certificate) cannot
just be copied. To make a backup, you must Export to a Backup File. To restore
your system, you must do an Import from a Backup File.
- This process assumes identical web server configurations are used for exporting
the key as well as for importing the key. So both servers must be IIS. You can't
go from one type of server to another.
Exporting your key
- Open your Microsoft Management Console via the IIS Internet Service Manager.
- Click to open the Key Manager.
- Select the key to be exported.
- Select the Key menu and choose Export Key to a Backup File. Click OK
in the Key Manager Warning box.
- Specify the destination for saving your key, press OK.
- Close your Key Manager and Management Console windows.
- Please remember your password that was used to install your certificate. You will
need this password if you ever need to recover your certificate through the import
process.
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