Troubleshooting: Host headers in Microsoft Server 2008 IIS 7.0 & 7.5

Add to Favorites Depending on your environment you may have the following Issues: Website A is coming up as website B. Unable to assign a certificate due to another website using the same IP or Port. Host Name when binding the certificate is grayed out. Using Host Headers requires that the following conditions are met: […]

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How to move certificate from Windows to Citrix Netscaler.

Add to Favorites Windows servers use .pfx/.p12 files to contain the public key file (SSL Certificate) and its unique private key file. The Certificate Authority (CA) provides you with your SSL Certificate (public key file). You use your server to generate the associated private key file where the CSR was created. You need both the […]

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How to move SSL Certificate from IIS 8 to IIS 8

Add to Favorites Windows servers use .pfx/.p12 files to contain the public key file (SSL Certificate) and its unique private key file. The Certificate Authority (CA) provides you with your SSL Certificate (public key file). You use your server to generate the associated private key file where the CSR was created. You need both the […]

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Troubleshooting: Assigning a friendly name to an SSL Certificate in Windows

Add to Favorites Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is the management console that is used to configure, manipulate, create, and fix services on a windows system in the back end that you probably wont be able to do with any front end application. It is used heavily to troubleshoot matters related to SSL certificates on Windows systems. If you […]

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Microsoft Active Directory LDAP – SSL Guide

Add to Favorites Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server system does not include an easy GUI method to create a CSR. The following guide includes typical recommendations for you to successfully enroll and implement an SSL certificate pfx file needed for your AD LDAP. Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, […]

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Troubleshooting: Missing Private key in Windows Servers

Add to Favorites Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) was created. This is because your private key will always be left on the server system where the CSR was originally created. With Microsoft systems the private key is hidden […]

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How to create a MMC Snap-In for troubleshooting certificates.

Add to Favorites Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is the management console that is used to configure, manipulate, create, and fix services on a windows system in the back end that you probably wont be able to do with any front end application. It is used heavily to troubleshoot matters related to SSL certificates on Windows systems. Open up […]

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