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Hi,<br />
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We are using IIS 7 and just purchased a new wildcard certificate from GoDaddy. &nbsp; Within IIS 7, there is a link that says &quot;Complete Certificate Request&quot;, when you click this link it prompts you with a dialog box that allows you to point to a file name that contains the Certificate Authority's response and you can specify a friendly name. &nbsp;I do this and and then I see my certificate in the list.<br />
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The problem is when you go back to view the list of certificates it's blank, it's as if the certificate disappears. &nbsp;<br />
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I have found multiple links on the web that talk about this issue but none have a resolution.The first link explains my problem to a tee but doesn't provide a solution.<br />
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<a href="http://serverfault.com/questions/132738/installing-ssl-certificate-for-use-in-iis7-installation-works-but-cert-listin/133978#133978" rel="ugc">http://serverfault.com/questions/132738/installing-ssl-certificate-for-use-in-iis7-installation-works-but-cert-listin/133978#133978</a><br />
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2009/05/22/disappearing-ssl-certificates-from-iis-7-0-manager.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2009/05/22/disappearing-ssl-certificates-from-iis-7-0-manager.aspx</a><br />
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Any help highly appreciated. &nbsp;I can't figure out why the certificate disappears. &nbsp;A utility I found to do some anlaysis suggest the private key is missing but I don't have any private key. 
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Hi,

We are using IIS 7 and just purchased a new wildcard certificate from GoDaddy.   Within IIS 7, there is a link that says "Complete Certificate Request", when you click this link it prompts you with a dialog box that allows you to point to a file name that contains the Certificate Authority's response and you can specify a friendly name.  I do this and and then I see my certificate in the list.

The problem is when you go back to view the list of certificates it's blank, it's as if the certificate disappears.  

I have found multiple links on the web that talk about this issue but none have a resolution.The first link explains my problem to a tee but doesn't provide a solution.

http://serverfault.com/questions/132738/installing-ssl-certificate-for-use-in-iis7-installation-works-but-cert-listin/133978#133978

http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2009/05/22/disappearing-ssl-certificates-from-iis-7-0-manager.aspx

Any help highly appreciated.  I can't figure out why the certificate disappears.  A utility I found to do some anlaysis suggest the private key is missing but I don't have any private key. 

IIS 7 and SSL Certificate Disappears

HTTPS is a protocol for secure communication over a computer network which is widely used on the Internet. HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and to protect the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data. HTTPS is widely used for protecting page authenticity on all types of websites, securing accounts and keeping user communications, identity and web browsing private.

SSL / HTTPS

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.