Bind SSL to the ROOT CA

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This is the second article regarding root certificate. I will detailed the steps required to bind an SSL certificate to to the root CA.

  • Open IIS Manager
  • choose generate domain certificate

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  • fill the fields, make sure you enter the server name as common name

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  • Proceed with the wizard
  • choose your certificate authority

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  • go to the certificate web site
  • right click and choose edit binding
  • add https and the certificate that you generated as per the below screen shot

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Now you can call your certificate URL using https, which enable you to request certificate from the new windows operating system ( Vista, 7, 2008 )