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How to manage server certificates in IIS

The management tasks which you generally perform for server certificates are listed below:

• Renew an existing server certificate, prior to it expiring.
• Copy/move an existing certificate to a different IIS Web server or site.
• Export the existing certificate to store it at a different location
• Replace the current certificate if it has expired.
• Remove the existing certificate if the site no longer requires secure SSL communications.

The above management tasks can be performed by re-launching the Web Server Certificate Wizard. After clicking Next on the Welcome To The Web Server Certificate Wizard page, you can choose between performing various server certificate management tasks.

To renew an existing server certificate,

1. Open the IIS Manager
2. In the console tree, expand the Web Sites node.
3. Right-click the Web site that you want to renew the certificate for, and click Properties.
4. When the Properties dialog box for the Web site opens, click the Directory Security tab.
5. Click the Server Certificate button.
6. Click Next on the Welcome To The Web Server Certificate Wizard page.
7. On the Modify The Current Certificate Assignment page, click Renew The Current Certificate, and then click Next.
8. Select of the following options:
   • If you want to request and obtain a certificate from a CA, click the Send The Request Immediately To An Online Certification Authority option.
   • If you want to send the certificate request to an offline CA, click the Prepare The Request Now But Send It Later option.
9. Enter a filename for the certificate request if you previously selected the Prepare The Request Now, But Send It Later option; or select the CA from the Certification Authorities list if you previously selected the Send The Request Immediately To An Online Certification Authority option. Click Next.
10. Click Next. Click Finish

To assign a current valid server certificate,

1. Open the IIS Manager
2. In the console tree, expand the Web Sites node.
3. Right-click the Web site that you want to assign the certificate to, and click Properties.
4. When the Properties dialog box for the Web site opens, click the Directory Security tab.
5. Click the Server Certificate button.
6. Click Next on the Welcome To The Web Server Certificate Wizard page.
7. On the Server Certificate page, click Assign An Existing Certificate. Click Next.
8. Specify the TCP port for secure SSL communications. By default, this is port 443. Click Next
9. Click Next. Click Finish.

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