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Q. I need a self-signed certificate for my Windows Server 2008 R2 IIS SSL. How do I create it?
John Savill
February 6, 2011
1 Min Read
A. If you want to enable SSL traffic to your IIS box for test purposes and don't require a certificate to be trusted by external parties, you can create a self-signed certificate. However, clients who access the server will receive a warning that the certificate isn't trusted.
Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Select your IIS server.
In the main IIS section, select Server Certificates.
Under Actions, select Create Self-Signed Certificate...
Give a name for the certificate and click OK.
The certificate will now be available for use.
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