Friday, September 15, 2006
How To add an SSL Certificate
Description:
When a customer needs to have a site secured (https/ssl certificate), these
steps will guide you through the installation.
You will need to allocate an unused IP address to the website.? SSL
(https://) can NOT be virtually hosted.? The SSL negotition takes place
prior to host header information to be passed.?Each web server has been
allocated a block of IP\'s for sites requiring a certificate.?
1) Go to the TCP properties for the network interface. Click on the
"Advanced" button on the "General" tab.
2) A new window will open.In the "IP settings", you will see listed the
IP\'s that are already in use. Add the next available IP within the block
allocated to.
3) Go to the IIS manager, and edit the properites for the web site.
4) In the "Web Site" tab, click on "Advanced" In the "Web Site
Identfication" section.
5) A window with three fields will open up. In the "IP Address" pull down
menu, select the IP address you added in Step 2. "Port" should be set to 80,
and leave the Host Header Value blank.
Apply the changes
6) Send a request to your ISP to change the entry for the website to point
to the new IP address.
Wait for the DNS to be updated. (including 24 hours for it to propigate
world wide).
7) Go to the IIS manager and edit the properties for the web site.
8) In the "Web Site" tab, click on "Advanced" In the Web Site
Identification" section.
9) Remove all instances of the shared virtual hosting IP. You should only
have the entry for the IP address that was allocated in step 5. Apply the
changes
