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title: "How to install SSL certificate on Microsoft IIS?"  
description: "How to install SSL certificate on Microsoft IIS?"  
author: "Nishi Tiwari"  
published: 2020-01-09  
updated: 2020-01-09  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155662/how-to-install-ssl-certificate-on-microsoft-iis  
category: "webhosting"  
tags: ["ssl"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to install SSL certificate on Microsoft IIS?

Installing [SSL certificate](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12990/ssl-certificate-why-you-need-one-for-your-website) on IIS.

## Replies

### Reply by Nishi Tiwari

- To create a request for [certificate](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/122/viewing-client-certificate) open the server name
- From action menu click create certificate request or create domain certificate
- Under this section provide common name ,organization etc. & click ok, under cryptography service provider specify file name and bit length
- Once you create request open the file copy the PEM content.
- Open the iis server
- Go to the location where you want to save [SSL](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/743/ssl-or-tls) certificate.
- Open notepad and name it and paste the PEM content as.cer file extension and save type ’all files’. Then we can see our certificate.
- Noe select your server, go to server certificate then complete certificate request.
- Browse file name containing SSL certificate and chose SSL certificate file Name then give it a friendly name and click ok. Now you have server certificate.
- You can click on site & choose bindings in right side menu.
- Click add, under type select https & give your host name , under SSL certificate select your certificate click ok and close.
- Go to your website name & then restart on right hand side and click on it. Now our site should have certificate present on https.

url:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3TFDkDkcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjtSsRjia5g


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