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Generate CSR for websites on IIS7


When the term Certificate comes into the work it is always a worry/ situation of panic. No worries if you want to generate CSR for the purchase or ssl or for other use

Its very easy to generate a certificate request(CSR). let take a scenario of iis7 and microsoft windows server 2008.

Navigate start>>All Programs>>Administrative tools>> Internet Information services.

select the server name on the left pane under the connections.

after selecting server name, select Server Certificates from the middle pane by double clicking.

Next select Create certificate Request from the action pane on the right side of window.

Fill in the information in step by step wizard for CSR generation , Enter

Common name: website domain name(www.domainname.com), donot enter http or https
Organization name: name of company
Organizational unit: can be domain name or anything(in case of sub domain it is name of sub-domain)
Click next  will take you to chose cryptography option, choose Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptography Provider and a key bit-length of 2048.
next step ,save the file with any name as text file(csr.txt)

Click on finish, this will generate the CSR and save it in csr.txt

Now you are ready to use this CSR in any section whereever it prompts for it.




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