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Creating a self signed certificate to configure ADFS
Hello Everyone,
I am trying to setup ADFS. In the setup it asks for a certificate, I think I therefore need to create a self signed certificate.
Not too big on certs, tried playing around but couldn't figure it out.
Certificate will sit on server named "SCSM-ADFS" purposed for an ADFS designed portal that will be on an extranet to be accessed by clients.
Created another server on domain with certificate authority services and IIS to aid with cert creation - not sure if this was useful or not.
Certificate needs to be able to export as a PFX due to ADFS setup requirement.
Thanks in advance
I am trying to setup ADFS. In the setup it asks for a certificate, I think I therefore need to create a self signed certificate.
Not too big on certs, tried playing around but couldn't figure it out.
Certificate will sit on server named "SCSM-ADFS" purposed for an ADFS designed portal that will be on an extranet to be accessed by clients.
Created another server on domain with certificate authority services and IIS to aid with cert creation - not sure if this was useful or not.
Certificate needs to be able to export as a PFX due to ADFS setup requirement.
Thanks in advance
ASKER
At the moment I am performing a test dev deployment, so a publicly signed cert wouldn't be necessary until I deploy in production...
Creating a self-signed certificate through IIS is not sufficient for 2 reasons:
1) IIS is installed on a different machine, although on the same domain this means generating a self-signed cert on the IIS machine will produce a diff. certificate than the one needed on the ADFS server
2) The certificate is too basic and lacks Subject Name, alternative DNS values, e.t.c.
Creating a self-signed certificate through IIS is not sufficient for 2 reasons:
1) IIS is installed on a different machine, although on the same domain this means generating a self-signed cert on the IIS machine will produce a diff. certificate than the one needed on the ADFS server
2) The certificate is too basic and lacks Subject Name, alternative DNS values, e.t.c.
Knowing the requirement as far as SAN etc would have been helpful initially.
Here is a step by step on creating a selfsigned SAN certificate using openssl:
http://apetec.com/support/GenerateSAN-CSR.htm
Here is a step by step on creating a selfsigned SAN certificate using openssl:
http://apetec.com/support/GenerateSAN-CSR.htm
ASKER
Sorry for not listing that initially, I am new to certs like I said and have not yet wrapped my head around them. Do you have any methods for creating one through a windows server? This way I can avoid working with OpenSSL and having to learn something else new entirely... Thanks in advance.
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Thank you for your feedback, I assigned you points for your effort. However I ended up solving this differently. I used www.getacert.com and it did all the work for me :)
I would suggest in this instance you acquire a third party certificate.
Simply get one a go-daddy or rapid ssl etc.
You can then export to pfx for future use as needed.
To create a Self-signed cert:
Open IIS Manager and navigate to the level you want to manage.
In Features view, double-click Server Certificates.
In the Actions pane, click Create Self-Signed Certificate.
On the Create Self-Signed Certificate page, type a friendly name for the certificate in the Specify a friendly name for the certificate box, and then click OK.