Windows 2008 certificate authority request certificate

Older syntax can also be used: a single hexadecimal value with multiple bits set, instead of the symbolic representation. KeyUsageProperty Retrieves a value that identifies the specific purpose for which a private key can be used. The key material that is generated is maintained in the security context of the security principal user or computer account that has created the request. When an administrator creates a certificate request on behalf of a computer, the key material must be created in the machine's security context and not the administrator's security context.

Otherwise, the machine could not access its private key since it would be in the administrator's security context. The default is false. Date parsing attempts to be locale-sensitive. Using month names will disambiguate and should work in every locale. NotAfter Specifies a date or date and time after which the request cannot be issued. Possible options vary, depending on the operating system version and the set of installed cryptographic providers. To see the list of available algorithms, run the command: certutil -oid 2 findstr pwszCNGAlgid.

The specified CSP used must also support the specified symmetric encryption algorithm and length. Any length allowed by the specified EncryptionAlgorithm.

If you don't know the provider name of the CSP you are using, run certutil —csplist from a command line. If you do not know the provider type of the CSP you are using, run certutil —csplist from a command-line prompt. The command will display the provider type of all CSPs that are available on the local system.

The certificate hash of any certificate that is available at the computer where the certificate request is created. If you do not know the certificate hash, use the Certificates MMC Snap-In and look at the certificate that should be renewed. Open the certificate properties and see the Thumbprint attribute of the certificate. The request must also be signed with an Enrollment Agent certificate, or the CA will reject the request.

Use the -cert option to specify the enrollment agent certificate. The Requestername can only be set as part of the request. You cannot manipulate the Requestername in a pending request.

It doesn't generate a request, but rather a new certificate and then installs the certificate. Self-signed is the default. Specify a signing cert by using the —cert option to create a self-issued certificate that is not self-signed. For most securable objects, you can specify an object's security descriptor in the function call that creates the object. Strings based on security descriptor definition language. Tip: This is relevant only for machine context non-smart card keys. Silent By default, this option allows the CSP access to the interactive user desktop and request information such as a smart card PIN from the user.

If this key is set to TRUE, the CSP must not interact with the desktop and will be blocked from displaying any user interface to the user. You must not set the Exportable key because you cannot change the properties of an existing key.

In this case, no key material is generated when the certificate request is built. The defaults are represented by their object identifiers OIDs. Using the literal template means the template name flags are used instead. This allows a single INF file to be used in multiple contexts to generate requests with context-specific subject information.

To use the [Strings] section syntax for OIDs and other difficult to interpret data. The —accept parameter links the previously generated private key with the issued certificate and removes the pending certificate request from the system where the certificate is requested if there is a matching request.

Using the -accept parameter with the -user and —machine options indicates whether the installing certificate should be installed in user or machine context. If there's an outstanding request in either context that matches the public key being installed, then these options aren't needed. If there is no outstanding request, then one of these must be specified.

The policy. Using certreq -policy without any additional parameter opens a dialog window, allowing you to select the requested file. After you select the requested file and click Open , another dialog window opens, allowing you to select the policy. Find an example of the policy. Using certreq -sign without any additional parameter it will open a dialog window so you can select the requested file req, cmc, txt, der, cer or crt.

Signing the qualified subordination request may require Enterprise Administrator credentials. This is a best practice for issuing signing certificates for qualified subordination. Enter any friendly name you want so you can keep track of the certificate on this server. Click OK. If successful, you will see your newly installed certificate in the list. If you receive an error stating that the request or private key cannot be found, make sure you are using the correct certificate and that you are installing it to the same server that you generated the CSR on.

Contact your certificate authority if you have problems with this. Bind the Certificate to a website In the Connections column on the left, expand the sites folder and click on the website that you want to bind the certificate to. Click on Bindings Click on the Add Change the Type to https and then select the SSL certificate that you just installed.

You will now see the binding for port listed. Click Close. Install any Intermediate Certificates Most SSL providers issue server certificates off of an Intermediate certificate so you will need to install this Intermediate certificate to the server as well or your visitors will receive a Certificate Not Trusted Error. You can install each Intermediate certificate sometimes there is more than one using these instructions: Download the intermediate certificate to a folder on the server.

Double click the certificate to open the certificate details. At the bottom of the General tab, click the Install Certificate button to start the certificate import wizard.

Click Next. The certificates you deploy need to have a subject name or subject alternate name that matches the name of the server that the user is connecting to. So for example, for Publishing, the certificate needs to contain the names of all of the RDSH servers in the collection. If you have users connecting externally, this needs to be an external name needs to match what they connect to. If you have users connecting internally to RDweb, the name needs to match the internal name.

For Single Sign On, again the subject name needs to match the servers in the collection. COM Connection Broker. When my client connects internally, he will enter the FQDN of the server that hosts the web page, i. The name of the certificate needs to be this name, of the URL that the user will initiate the connection to. But we need to remember that the connection does not just end here.

The connection then flows from the web server to one of the session hosts or virtualization hosts and also the connection broker. The certificate can be common on all of these servers. This is why we recommend that the Subject Alternate Name of the certificate contain the names of all the other servers that are part of the deployment.