Installing SSL
In this recipe, we are going to open IIS Manager on the WIN2016IIS server and create a certificate request. We will also see how we can import a third-party SSL certificate.
Getting ready
To step through this recipe, we are going to create an SSL certificate request for a certificate provider. Also, we will see how we can import/install the certificate on IIS. You will need a running IIS 10.0 server and an administrator account, which will be used to make changes to IIS 10.0.
How to do it...
- Go to
WIN2016IIS
and log in to IIS 10.0 Server. Open Server Manager and go to theTools
menu. - Open IIS Manager and click on the
WIN2016IIS
IIS server, as shown here:

- In the
Features
view, there is aServer Certificates
option. Open the server certificate, as shown here:

- Go to the
Actions
pane. You can see that there is aCreate Certificate Request
option available. Click onCreate Certificate Request
, and theRequest Certificate
window will open. You have to fill in the details, as shown here...