Create a certificate signing request (CSR) in IIS Manager
- Mayur Khatale
- Aug 7, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 11, 2020
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To create a certificate signing request (CSR) in IIS Manager, one should perform a few simple steps:
1. Start Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager by pressing Win+R >> type “inetmgr” >> press Enter.
2. Double-click on Server Certificates icon on the Home page.
3. Hover the mouse to Actions panel on the right side of the window and click Create Certificate Request… button.
4. The next window Distinguished Name Properties contains fields which should be filled in correctly for a proper CSR creation.
Note! All the fields should be filled only with alphanumeric symbols and no special ones are allowed (e.g. “&”, “/”, “^”, etc.)
6. Once all the fields are filled in, click Next button.
7. The next screen Cryptographic Service Provider Properties offers to choose 2 parameters:
8.After all the parameters are set, click Next.
9.In the File Name window it is required to specify the name of a file to which a newly generated CSR code will be saved, and a place where the file itself would be stored. You can either type in the path to the field or use … button to browse the file system.
Note! If you type in the path to the file manually, please make sure that the directory, to which you are planning to save the file, actually exists or was created *before* this step. If the path is referring to a non-existent folder, the system will show an error that the directory was not found.
10. When the location and the filename are specified, click Finish button.
11. Now you can locate the CSR file on the computer, open it with a text editor and use the CSR for SSL certificate
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