{"id":82,"date":"2019-07-09T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T07:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=82"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:08:35","slug":"how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-on-microsoft-iis7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-on-microsoft-iis7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install an SSL certificate on Microsoft IIS7"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Need help installing your SSL? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/ssl-installation-service\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our experts can do it for you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"#iism\">Installing certificate via IIS manager<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#pfx_import\">Importing PFX file<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pfx_create\">Create PFX file<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pfx_mmc\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Import PFX using MMC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pfx_iis\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Import PFX using IIS Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#binding\">Assigning a certificate for a website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#auto\">If the CSR was generated in your browser during the SSL activation<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"iism\"><strong>Installing certificate via IIS manager<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you receive the issued certificate, you can use the Internet Information Services Manager to install the certificate on a Microsoft IIS 7 server. The method described below will work only if the certificate request was generated on the same machine using IIS Manager. Please follow the process described below:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Upload the certificate files<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the certificate is issued and sent to you by the Certificate Authority, save it to the accessible location on your server.<br \/>\nYou can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/can-i-download-certificate-somewhere-on-your-site\">download<\/a> the certificate in your account with us. The downloaded zip file will have a *.p7b file which can be used for the certificate installation on IIS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Open Internet Information Services Manager. For this, go to the <strong>Start<\/strong> menu, choose <strong>Administrative Tools<\/strong> and select <strong>Internet Information<\/strong> <strong>Services (IIS) Manager<\/strong>. Otherwise, access it via <em>Win+R<\/em> &gt;&gt; <strong><em>inetmgr<\/em><\/strong> &gt;&gt; <em>OK<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the required server name and go to the <strong>Server Certificates<\/strong> option in the center menu.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IIS_1.png\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Press the <strong>Complete Certificate Request <\/strong>button in the <strong>Actions<\/strong> right-side section.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/iis_7_1.png\" \/><\/li>\n<li>This will run the <strong>Complete certificate request<\/strong> wizard. Select the certificate file from the Certificate Authority you saved on your machine and give a <em>\u2018Friendly name\u2019<\/em> to the certificate. Friendly name is not a part of the certificate. It is a local name that you can give to the certificate to distinguish it among the other certificates on the server. After the file is\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">selected and the friendly name is entered, click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IIS_7.png\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nIf you are importing the certificate in the PEM-encoded format (the file extension will be *.crt), you may also need to import intermediate and root certificates to the server <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/How-to-import-intermediate-and-root-certificates-via-MMC\">using Microsoft Management Console<\/a>. The certificates in the PKCS#7 format (*.cer and *.p7b files) do not require additional actions for importing intermediate certificates separately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: There is a chance you may receive an error <strong><em>&#8220;Cannot find the certificate request associated with this certificate file. A certificate request must be completed on the computer where it was created\u201d<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>&#8220;ASN1 bad tag value met&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 when importing the certificate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IIS_8.png\" \/><br \/>\nTo fix it, please cancel the dialogue window of the certificate wizard and press F5 to refresh the list of server certificates. You will see that the certificate is imported, but it will not have a Friendly name. You will be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/959216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assign it to the certificate using MMC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The imported certificate is now shown in the list of <strong>Server Certificates<\/strong>. Now you will need to assign the certificate to the website.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IIS_9.png\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"bnd\">Bind the certificate to your website<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>In the <strong>Connections<\/strong> left-side menu, select you webserver, expand the <strong>Sites <\/strong>menu and choose the website you want to assign the certificate to. After that, click on the\u00a0<strong>Bindings<\/strong> option in the <strong>Actions <\/strong>section.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/iis_7_2.png\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Site Bindings<\/strong> window, click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/iis_7_3.png\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Add Site Binding<\/strong> window, choose the following parameters:<em>Type<\/em> \u2013 https;<em>IP address<\/em> \u2013 All Unassigned, or your IP address;<em>Port<\/em> \u2013 443;<em>SSL certificate <\/em>\u2013 friendly name of the imported certificate.After all details are selected, click <strong>OK <\/strong>button.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IIS_12.png\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The new binding has been successfully created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the site already has https enabled, and if you want to update the SSL certificate, you will need to choose the <em>Edit<\/em> button in binding for port 443, select a friendly name for the new certificate from the dropdown list and click <strong>OK <\/strong>to apply the changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IIS_13.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The certificate is now installed. If https connection is still not accessible, you may need to restart the website. You can check the certificate installation via <a href=\"https:\/\/decoder.link\/sslchecker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/decoder.link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pfx_import\"><strong>Importing PFX file<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"pfx_create\">Create PFX file<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have the private key in PEM format (.key file), you need to generate the certificate in PKCS#12 format (.pfx).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decoder.link\/converter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to generate the certificate in PKCS#12. Use your certificate with .crt extension, CA bundle with .ca-bundle extension and the saved key with .key extension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there&#8217;s an OpenSSL client installed on the server, you can create PFX file out of a certificate in PEM format (.pem, .crt, .cer) or PKCS#7\/P7B format (.p7b, .p7c) and the private key using the following commands. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>PEM<\/strong> (.pem, .crt, .cer) to <strong>PFX<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privatekey.key -in certificate.crt -certfile more.crt<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>*where &#8220;more.crt&#8221; is the name of the CA Bundle file<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PKCS7<\/strong>\/P7B (.p7b, .p7c) to <strong>PFX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P7B file must be converted to PEM first:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.crt<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, run:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privatekey.key -in certificate.crt -certfile more.crt<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>*where &#8220;more.crt&#8221; is the name of the CA Bundle file<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then import the certificate with .pfx format to your Windows server.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"pfx_mmc\">Import PFX using MMC<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Add <strong>Certificates (Local Computer)<\/strong> snap-in to MMC following the steps described above.<\/li>\n<li>Once added, right-click on the <strong>Personal store &gt;&gt; All Tasks &gt;&gt; Import<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Certificate Import Wizard will be launched, press <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Using the <strong>Browse<\/strong> button choose the .pfx file which you want to import on your server, press <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the PFX file password. It was specified during creation of the .pfx file. You may select <strong>Mark this key as exportable<\/strong> to have an opportunity to export the certificate with the private key from this server later. Then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the next dialogue window choose <strong>Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate<\/strong>. This will allow MMC to place the certificates from the .pfx file to the corresponding folders if the file also contains intermediate certificates. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong>. The certificate has been imported to the server and can be now assigned to the website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"pfx_iis\">Import PFX using IIS Manager<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch Internet Information Services Manager <strong>(Start &gt; Administrative Tools &gt;&gt; Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager)<\/strong>, and choose the server the certificate should be imported on.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click <strong>Server Certificates<\/strong> in the center menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Import<\/strong> button in the right-side menu:<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locate the PFX file on your machine and specify the password that was used when exporting the certificate. Optionally, you may check<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Allow this certificate to be exported<\/strong>. Then, click <strong>OK<\/strong>:<\/span><strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2018-11-14_1634.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"binding\">Assigning a certificate for a website<\/h3>\n<p>Once the certificate was imported by any of the methods described above, it will be shown in the list of server certificates in IIS Manager and <a href=\"#bnd\">can be assigned to existing website using IIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"auto\"><strong>If the CSR was generated in your browser during the SSL activation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you used the \u201cAuto-activate\u201d option and saved the Private key to your PC, you\u2019ll need to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Retrieve that key from your PC.<\/li>\n<li>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/can-i-download-certificate-somewhere-on-your-site\/\">SSL files from your account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-on-microsoft-iis7\/#pfx_create\">Combine them into a PFX file<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-on-microsoft-iis7\/#pfx_import\">Import the PFX to the IIS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need help installing your SSL? 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