Export Security Cert

28 Sep 2006 12:29 AM

JT

Hi all,

I have a Windows 2003 web server configured with a couple of production
websites and a couple of non production test web sites. My prod sites have
purchased security certificates. These have installed w/o problems.

I would like to export the same security certs and then import them to my
test sites. These are purely test sites and it won't matter if I get the
security warning that the names don't match. However, when I go to my
production website properties | directory security | server certificate, the
wizard does not give me an option to export the cert to a .pfx file (that
option is greyed out in the wizard). On other 2003 systems, I have been able
to do this export/import procedure for testing. Is this option specific to
the certificate vendor or am I doing something wrong.

Is there another option for exporting my purchased cert to use it for a test
site?

thanks for any advice.

JT

29 Sep 2006 3:52 AM

Bernard Cheah [MVP]

When you view the cert, do you see 'You have the private key that
corresponds to this certificate'?
if yes, then try export using this steps. (applies to iis 6 as well)
How to back up a server certificate in Internet Information Services 5.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232136

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Bernard Cheah
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"JT" <J*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I have a Windows 2003 web server configured with a couple of production
> websites and a couple of non production test web sites. My prod sites
> have
> purchased security certificates. These have installed w/o problems.
>
> I would like to export the same security certs and then import them to my
> test sites. These are purely test sites and it won't matter if I get the
> security warning that the names don't match. However, when I go to my
> production website properties | directory security | server certificate,
> the
> wizard does not give me an option to export the cert to a .pfx file (that
> option is greyed out in the wizard). On other 2003 systems, I have been
> able
> to do this export/import procedure for testing. Is this option specific
> to
> the certificate vendor or am I doing something wrong.
>
> Is there another option for exporting my purchased cert to use it for a
> test
> site?
>
> thanks for any advice.
>
> JT