Overview

This article provides steps for creating certificates in order to assign to a site with HTTPS, in case there are no certificates to choose from.

Requirement

IIS Knowledge

Resolution

Creating a self-signed certificate in IIS

1. Open IIS.
2. Go to the name of the server (in this case, DNN-VM1). 
3. Click Server Certificates. 
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Create Self-Signed Certificate option in the top-right menu. 
   
   
   
   
5. Specify the URL (Without the HTTP:// segment) of the portal you are creating the certificate for. 
   
   
   
   
6. You will see it listed at the IIS Server Certificates screen.
   
   
   
   
7. Select this URL from the Add Site Binding window: 
   
   
   
   
8. The user is now able to create a self-signed certificate, which is now available to be used in the test environment. 

Validation

Once the above steps are complete, the newly created self-signed certificate will be available in Add Site Bindings under SSL certificate to be linked to the site.