Requesting a web server certificate

One of the most common certificate uses is to encrypt web traffic. A web server certificate can be used for this purpose. This recipe shows how to request a web server certificate from an enterprise CA from a domain-joined Windows server.

Getting ready

Sign in to the web server with a domain account.

How to do it…

Perform these steps to request a web server certificate from an enterprise CA:

1. Press Start.
2. Type mmc.exe and press the Enter key.
3. This starts an empty Microsoft Management Console window titled Console1.
4. From the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in…. The Add or Remove Snap-ins pop-up window appears.
5. Select Certificates from the Available snap-ins list and click Add >.
6. Select Computer account and click Next >.
7. Select Local Computer and click Finish. The Certificates (Local Computer) snap-in is now visible in the Selected snap-ins column:

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