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            <h1>Creating and Applying SSL Certificate to Windows IIS</h1>
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          <p>This is part six of a series of creating your own self-signed PKI and some ways to utilize the PKI to setup SSL for your web server or create your own OpenVPN server.</p>

<p>Disclaimer: I am not a security expert. This is just the easiest way I have found to create and utilize SSL for my homelab services.</p>

<h2>Prerequisites</h2>

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	<li class="noCheckbox">A XCA PKI database <a href="https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ</a></li>
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<h2>Create Your SSL Certificate</h2>

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	<li>Launch XCA</li>
	<li>Open the PKI database if it is not already (File &gt; Open DataBase), enter password</li>
	<li>Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate</li>
	<li>Select New</li>
	<li>On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected</li>
	<li>Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down</li>
	<li>Click the Subject tab</li>
	<li>Complete the Distinguished Name section
	<p>internalName: WebDev IIS SSL<br />
	countryName: US<br />
	stateOrProvinceName: Virginia<br />
	localityName: Northern<br />
	organizationName: i12bretro<br />
	organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority<br />
	commonName: webdev.i12bretro.local</p>
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	<li>Click the Generate a New Key button</li>
	<li>Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048</li>
	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>Click on the Extensions tab</li>
	<li>Select End Entity from the type list</li>
	<li>Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name</li>
	<li>Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify</li>
	<li>Update the validity dates to fit your needs</li>
	<li>Click the Key Usage tab</li>
	<li>Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment</li>
	<li>Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication</li>
	<li>Click the Netscape tab</li>
	<li>Select SSL Server</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the certificate</li>
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<h2>Exporting the Certificate</h2>

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	<li>In XCA, click on the Certificates tab</li>
	<li>Right click the SSL certificate &gt; Export &gt; File</li>
	<li>Set the file name with a .crt extension and verify the export format is PKCS #12 (*.p12)</li>
	<li>Enter a password to protect the .p12 export</li>
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<h2>Importing Certificate Into Windows Certificate Store</h2>

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	<li>Right click the Start Button &gt; Run</li>
	<li>Type mmc.exe, press enter</li>
	<li>Click File &gt; Add/Remove Snap-in...</li>
	<li>Click Certificates</li>
	<li>Click Add</li>
	<li>Select Computer account</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Select Local computer</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Expand Certificates</li>
	<li>Right click the Personal folder &gt; All Tasks &gt; Import....</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Browse &gt; Select the exported SSL .p12 file &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Enter the password created for the .p12 export</li>
	<li>Verify Include all extended properties is checked</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
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<h2>Setting Up SSL in IIS</h2>

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	<li>Open IIS Manager (Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager)</li>
	<li>Expand Server</li>
	<li>Expand Sites</li>
	<li>Right click on the site to apply SSL certificate to &gt; Edit Bindings...</li>
	<li>Click Add...</li>
	<li>Set Type dropdown to https</li>
	<li>Set IP address, Port and Host name fields</li>
	<li>Select the imported certificate from the SSL Certificate dropdown</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Open a web browser</li>
	<li>Navigate to https://DNSorIP from your certificate</li>
	<li>Click the lock and select view certificate</li>
	<li>Validate the certificate and certificate chain being presented by IIS</li>
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