IIS certificate wizard, generating certificate request

I need to purchase a wildcard SSL certificate for a 2003 R2 server
running IIS6. Currently the web sites have self signed certificates from
the CA on the server.

When I launch the IIS certificate wizard on the default web site it
tells me a certificate is currently installed on this website and the
only options I cam pick are renew/remove/replace/export/copy or move to
remote. There is no option for generating a request. Anyone have any
suggestions on how to generate the certificate request?

Thanks

You need to remove it first. This how to may help.
IIS how to
How to setup Host Header Names to Host Multiple Sites on One IP How to
setup SSL on Windows 2003 by using Third-party CA · How to Setup Multiple
SSL Web ...
www.howtonetworking.com/msapps/iis.htm


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"George" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I need to purchase a wildcard SSL certificate for a 2003 R2 server running
>IIS6. Currently the web sites have self signed certificates from the CA on
>the server.
>
> When I launch the IIS certificate wizard on the default web site it tells
> me a certificate is currently installed on this website and the only
> options I cam pick are renew/remove/replace/export/copy or move to remote.
> There is no option for generating a request. Anyone have any suggestions
> on how to generate the certificate request?
>
> Thanks

Robert L. (MS-MVP) wrote:
> You need to remove it first. This how to may help.
> IIS how to
> How to setup Host Header Names to Host Multiple Sites on One IP How
> to setup SSL on Windows 2003 by using Third-party CA · How to Setup
> Multiple SSL Web ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/msapps/iis.htm
>
>
I thought I would need to remove it. The problem is the box is in use
with outside users using the sites w/SSL so from what I think I will
break IIS SSL capability if I remove the existing certificate and the
outside users will not be able to connect.

It seems the choices I have would be to temporarily export and delete
the existing certificates, create a request then reimport the old
certificates until I get the new certificate. Or I guess I could create
the request on another server then export it and import it on this server.

On Jan 15, 12:56*pm, George <geo...@nospam.moc> wrote:
> Robert L. (MS-MVP) wrote:
> > You need to remove it first. This how to may help.
> > IIS how to
> > * * *How to setup Host Header Names to Host Multiple Sites on OneIP How
> > to setup SSL on Windows 2003 by using Third-party CA · How to Setup
> > Multiple SSL Web ...
> > * * *www.howtonetworking.com/msapps/iis.htm
>
> I thought I would need to remove it. The problem is the box is in use
> with outside users using the sites w/SSL so from what I think I will
> break IIS SSL capability if I remove the existing certificate and the
> outside users will not be able to connect.
>
> It seems the choices I have would be to temporarily export and delete
> the existing certificates, create a request then reimport the old
> certificates until I get the new certificate. Or I guess I could create
> the request on another server then export it and import it on this server..

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REMOVE A CERTIFICATE TO CREATE A CERTIFICATE
REQUEST!!!

Simply choose renew from the wizard and you can create a request and
specify the new CN OU etc

Alister