Creating and Applying SSL Certificate to Windows Admin Center

#WindowsAdminCenter #Windows #SSL #XCA

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0612.html

Prerequisites

   - A XCA PKI database  https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ

Create Your SSL Certificate

   01. Launch XCA    02. Open the PKI database if it is not already (File ≫ Open DataBase), enter password    03. Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate    04. Select New    05. On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected    06. Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down    07. Click the Subject tab    08. Complete the Distinguished Name section          internalName: i12bretrodc.i12bretro.local          countryName: US          stateOrProvinceName: Virginia          localityName: Northern          organizationName: i12bretro          organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority          commonName: i12bretrodc.i12bretro.local    09. Click the Generate a New Key button    10. Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048    11. Click Create    12. Click on the Extensions tab    13. Select End Entity from the type list    14. Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name    15. Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify    16. Update the validity dates to fit your needs    17. Click the Key Usage tab    18. Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment    19. Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication    20. Click the Netscape tab    21. Select SSL Server    22. Click OK to create the certificate

Exporting the Certificate

   01. In XCA, click on the Certificates tab    02. Right click the SSL certificate ≫ Export ≫ File    03. Set the file name with a .p12 extension and verify the export format is PKCS #12 (*.p12)    04. Enter a password to protect the .p12 export

Importing Certificate Into Windows Certificate Store

   01. Right click the Start Button ≫ Run    02. Type mmc.exe, press enter    03. Click File ≫ Add/Remove Snap-in...    04. Click Certificates    05. Click Add    06. Select Computer account    07. Click Next    08. Select Local computer    09. Click Finish    10. Click OK    11. Expand Certificates    12. Right click the Personal folder ≫ All Tasks ≫ Import....    13. Click Next    14. Click Browse ≫ Select the exported SSL .p12 file ≫ Click Next    15. Enter the password created for the .p12 export    16. Verify Include all extended properties is checked    17. Click Next    18. Click Next    19. Click Finish    20. Double click the newly imported certificate    21. Select the Details tab ≫ Scrool to the bottom of the details pane    22. Click the thumbprint line item    23. Copy the thumbprint value in the lower pane to the clipboard

Applying the Certificate to Windows Admin Center

   01. Download Windows Admin Center  https://aka.ms/WACDownload    02. Run the downloaded .msi    03. If WAC is already installed, click the change button    04. Select the Use an SSL certificate installed on this computer option    05. Paste in the thumbprint copied from the imported certificate    06. Click Change to apply the changes  

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