Implementing HTTPS in a web role
A Windows Azure web role can be configured to expose an HTTPS endpoint for a website. This requires that an X.509 public key certificate be uploaded, as a service certificate, to the hosted service and the web role configured to use it.
The following steps are used to implement HTTPS for a web role:
Acquire a public key certificate for the custom domain of the web role.
Upload the certificate to the hosted service.
Add the certificate to the web role configuration.
Configure the website endpoint to use the certificate.
The use of HTTPS requires that the website be configured to use a public key certificate. It is not possible to acquire a public key certificate for the cloudapp.net domain as Microsoft owns that domain. Consequently, a custom domain must be used when exposing an HTTPS endpoint. The Providing a custom domain name for a hosted service recipe shows how to map a custom domain to the cloudapp.net domain. For production use, a certification authority...
