Introduction: Securing your IIS (Internet Information Services) Server with SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificates is paramount for safeguarding sensitive information transmitted over the web. In this article, we’ll delve into a user-friendly approach to installing SSL certificates on your IIS Server using the Win-ACME tool. Win-ACME, a Windows-centric ACME client, streamlines the process of obtaining and managing SSL certificates with efficiency and ease.
Step 1: Download and Install Win-ACME Start by downloading the latest release of Win-ACME from the official GitHub repository: Win-ACME Releases. Follow the provided installation instructions, ensuring that you grant administrative privileges during installation for seamless integration with your IIS Server.
Step 2: Open a Command Prompt with Administrative Privileges To execute commands that interact with the IIS Server and system components, open a Command Prompt with administrative privileges. Right-click on the Command Prompt icon and select “Run as administrator.”
Once the application starts, follow these simple steps.
- Press N on the initial menu to choose the option to “Create a new certificate”.
- Next, It will ask you “What kind of certificate would you like to create?”. Enter 1 to choose the “Single binding of an IIS site” option.
- Now the application will retrieve the list of websites from the IIS server and display it in the command prompt. You will see the site we created on step 3 listed there. Press the number shown in front of the site.
- It will now ask for your email to send you renewal notices. Provide your email address and agree to the terms and conditions.
That’s it. If your domain is pointing to your server, it will successfully generate an SSL certificate for you. It will also add a scheduled task which will automatically renew the certificate when it will be due for renewal. The application will also install the SSL certificate for you.
