How to Create a Self Signed SSL Certificate with Windows Server

What to do

These steps will cover how to create and bind an SSL certificate using Windows Server.
 

Create the SSL Certificate

1. Click on the Windows icon in the taskbar, Search for IIS, and open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 
   
   
    
2. Click on the name of the server in the Connections column on the left. Double click the Server Certificates icon.
   
   
    
3. In the Actions column on the right hand side, click on Create Self Signed Certificate.
   
   
    
4. Enter the friendly name you wish to use to identify the certificate, and then click OK.
   
    
    
5. You now have an IIS Self Signed Certificate, valid for one year, which will be listed under Server Certificates. The common name, is the server name.  
   
   

How to Bind the Self Signed Certificate

1. Browse to the connections column on the left hand side, expand the sites folder and click on the website you wish to bind the SSL certificate to. Once you've done that, on the right hand side, click on Bindings in the Actions column.
   
   
    
2. Click the Add.. button. 
   
   
    
3. Click the Type drop down menu. Select https .  Click on the SSL Certificate drop down, choose the newly created SSL certificate. Click OK.
   
   
    
4. You should now see the bindings for port 443. You can now on click Close.
   
   
    
5. To test the new Self Signed SSL Certificate, open up a browser, and go to the website. If the certificate has been installed and created correctly, depending on the browser you are using, you will see a lock icon next to the URL, or it will say Secure. This is an example of how it would look in Google Chrome.
    
   • Chrome 
     
     
      
   • Opera 
     
     
      
   • Internet Explorer