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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 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.