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Complete Your Certificate Request

After downloading your certificate (*.cer) file, complete your certificate request by adding the certificate to your IIS web server. Use the same IIS server from which you originally requested the certificate.

Note: This procedure provides one possible example of how to configure this feature using third-party tools. CA Technologies did not develop nor provide these tools. These tools are subject to change at any time by the third party without notice. Use this procedure as a guide for configuring this feature in your specific environment. The actual steps that are required in your situation could be different from the steps that are shown here.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

    The Start page appears.

  2. Under Connections, click the web server.
  3. Double-click Server Certificates.

    A list of certificates appears.

  4. Under Actions, click Complete Certificate Request...

    The Complete Certificate Request wizard appears.

  5. Complete the wizard by doing the following tasks:
    1. Navigate to the *.cer file you downloaded previously.
    2. Create a friendly name for the *.cer file.

    The new certificate appears in the list of certificates.