As a .Net developer, I often run .Net websites in a local IIS instance on my developer machine, and it can be useful to be able to serve the site over HTTPS.
To create a trusted, local, self-signed SSL certificate, follow these steps.
1. Generate the certificate
Open Powershell and enter the following command:
New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName "mysite.local" -CertStoreLocation "cert:\LocalMachine\My"
2. Trust the certificate
We now need to ensure the certificate is trusted on the local machine, otherwise you'll get a certificate warning when you navigate to your local website over HTTPS in a browser.
To do this in Windows 10:
- Start -> Run
certlm.mscto open the Certificate Manager tool - Expand the
Intermediate Certification Authoritiesfolder in the left window of the tool - Click the
Certificatesfolder - Find the certificate you just generated in the right-hand window
- Click and drag it over the
Trusted Root Certification Authoritiesfolder in the left window - this will set the certificate as trusted on your local machine.
3. Update IIS to use the new certificate
Now you can create/update the HTTPS binding for your local website in IIS to use the new certificate - you should see the new certificate listed in the SSL certificate: drop-down list.
That's it.
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Follow my guide dev.to/fochoao/make-iis-certificat...
For an OpenSSL one by request on IIS. Totally compatible.