First Time With Ssl And Certificates

[iphonogasm]

Mhhhh no you should see the lock before "HTTPS".

If you type HTTPS://yoursite do you have something?

Ok, havnt tried yet as im having isses installing the cert. the intermediate cert is in a different format then iis will let me insert it as, and this is after following the provided instructions.

So there will be no green bar correct? Thats for the more expensive certs right?

 

[iphonogasm]

So chating with tech support again (supply online chat which is quite good).

what im having trouble with it getting the cert into a .PFX

I have inserted the Imtermediate certificate.But still nothing shows in IIS however i have not imported via a PFX

heres the article im following

https://knowledge.rapidssl.com/support/ssl-certificate-support/index?page=content&actp=CROSSLINK&id=so16219

Thanks!

 

[ICTCity]

I don't understand what is the green bar you are talking...

but now you have the cert installed or not? What happens if you type HTTPS your site.com?

 

[iphonogasm]

This green bar

View attachment 189

i cannot add the binding as its asking for the certificate at which i cannot get installed!

Thanks!

UPDATE: So heres the thing. Im really having problems with importing this certificate. Usually im quite good at converting file formats etc for different audio and video formats and what not, however, this is really hard.

IIS appears to want a PFX format, however i cannot find anyway to convert to a PFX

I have opened the MMC snap in console, opened the snap in for certificates, and my certificate is in "Personal" folder. I also had to add something to the "Intermediate Certificate Authorities" Folder.

Whys this so hard for me lol?

Thanks!

ANOTHER UPDATE: I have created a temporary self-signed certificate. You should now be able to reach https://megahosting.co.nz, of course the certificate is not trusted though as its a temporary self-signed cert!

 

[ICTCity]

Yes it works.

Ask your SSL provider... Maybe they can give you another format.

From what I know you can't convert certs files.

 

[iphonogasm]

HAHA ive been chatting to them online live for the last 3 nights

Latest Update: I have converted the CRT to a CER using notepad (save as) apparently this was fine, and when importing into IIS using "Complete Certificate Request" the certificate imports and all, however when i click away from the "Server Certificates" section within the IIS Snap-In console, the certificate disappears.

Then i cant assign it to my binding. Then i return to the "Server Certificates" section" and the cert. is gone.

AHHHHHH

 

[iphonogasm]

please help with this guys!

I cannot get a PFX, and if i do an import using the "Complete Cert. Request" it appears in the "Server Certificates" section of IIS but then when i click away it disappears!

Thanks!

 

[ICTCity]

Try this:
http://www.digicert.com/ssl-certificate-installation-microsoft-iis-7.htm

Tell me where you have problems.

 

[iphonogasm]

i only appear to download in p7s and cer formats.

Thanks

 

[ICTCity]

Well the cer format should work...

 

[iphonogasm]

sorry i mean i can only download in crt and p7s

 

[ICTCity]

I just tried here at work... I downloaded the CRT file and imported to IIS with no problem...

 

[iphonogasm]

I just tried here at work... I downloaded the CRT file and imported to IIS with no problem...

Thats really odd because its asking specifically for tge format (*.cer) and i cannot view any other formats. CER is the only format to choose from when browsing for the file

 

[ICTCity]

But you have the .CRT file? If yes you can easily import it by following the procedure described in the link.

 

[iphonogasm]

Yea now i have a problem saying there is no matching request found....

 

[ICTCity]

Repeat the process, create a new request.

 

[iphonogasm]

Ok. Ive done this using the steps below

http://megahosting.co.nz/delete/pic2.jpg

http://megahosting.co.nz/delete/pic3.jpg

http://megahosting.co.nz/delete/pic4.jpg

I hope the photos are ok, they were taken from my phone

Cheers

 

[ICTCity]

You must talk again with the provider of your cert. Usually when you create a new request, you enter all these things and the your receive a crt file.

 

[iphonogasm]

im so friggin angry right now

got it working.... turns out its the damn error BSchwarz warned me about when importing the cert.

But it should be working at https://megahosting.co.nz

also, how to i force the HTTP to redirect or to use HTTPS instead?

Thanks again guys

 

[ICTCity]

it works )

You have the choice:
http://www.sslshopper.com/iis7-redirect-http-to-https.html