{"id":4012,"date":"2012-05-10T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T09:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharepointboost.com\/blog\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:39:54","slug":"how-to-enable-ssl-web-sites-in-iis-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-ssl-web-sites-in-iis-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable SSL Web Sites in IIS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secure Sockets Layer<\/strong> (SSL) encryption protects confidential or personal information sent between a client and a server. When SSL is enabled, remote clients access your site by using URLs that start with https:\/\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In this learning note, I documented the configuration steps, which will enable SSL for a URL so that the Web address will start with “https<\/strong>“ <\/strong>instead of “http<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

To enable SSL web site, you must first open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and complete the main three steps as below:<\/p>\n

I. Obtain a Certificate<\/p>\n

II. Create an SSL Binding<\/p>\n

III. Verify the SSL Binding<\/p>\n

I. Obtain a Certificate<\/h2>\n

1. Open the IIS section in server administration.<\/p>\n

2. Select the server node in the treeview on the left side of the window and double-click the “Server Certificates<\/strong>” icon under the IIS section:<\/p>\n

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3. Select “Create Self-Signed Certificate…<\/strong>” in the Actions<\/strong> pane in the panel on the right.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>4. Input a friendly name (e.g. Enable SSL) for the new certificate and click “OK<\/strong>” button.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>5. Now you have a self-signed server certificate. Use this feature to request and manage certificates that the Web server can use with Web sites configured for SSL.<\/p>\n

II. Create an SSL Binding<\/h2>\n

1. Select a site in the treeview and click “Bindings<\/strong>…<\/strong>” under the Actions <\/strong>Pane in the panel on the right. This brings up the bindings editor that lets you create, edit, and delete bindings for your Web site.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>2. Click the “Add…”<\/strong> button to add your new SSL binding to the site.<\/p>\n

Note<\/span><\/strong>: New bindings default to http<\/strong> on port 80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>3. Select “https<\/strong>” in the Type<\/strong> drop-down menu.<\/p>\n

4. Select the self-signed certificate you created earlier (“Enable SSL<\/strong>“) from the SSL Certificate drop-down menu and click the “OK<\/strong>” button.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>5. Select “https<\/strong>” in the Type<\/strong> drop-down menu.<\/p>\n

6. Select the self-signed certificate you created earlier (“Enable SSL<\/strong>“) from the SSL Certificate drop-down menu and click the “OK<\/strong>” button.<\/p>\n

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III. Verify the SSL Binding<\/h2>\n

1. Look at your site’s Action pane in the right panel for a link that will let you browse your site with the new HTTPS<\/strong> binding.<\/p>\n

2. Click this link “Browse * 443 (https)<\/strong>” to test your new binding.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>3. Click “Continue to this website (not recommended)<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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The End.<\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption protects confidential or personal information sent between a client and a server. When SSL is enabled, remote clients access your site by using URLs that start with https:\/\/. In this learning note, I documented the configuration steps, which will enable SSL for a URL so that the Web address will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[125],"tags":[361,360,362],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4012"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9232,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions\/9232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}