Importing a Key Backup File to Use in Internet Information Services 5.0
ID: Q227888
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0
SUMMARY
After you install Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, you may want to
import a backup key file from an older version of IIS. This allows
you to use the SSL capabilities on your new server (and replace the old
one).
Note: If you are upgrading the server to IIS 5.0, this should be done for
you automatically. You will not need to export or import the private or public
key pair from the older server. It is always recommended, however, that
you keep a backup for emergency purposes. For more information about backing up your key pairs, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q185195 How to Use Key and Certificate Backup/Restore Utility
Before you go through this process, be sure that the common name (CN) of
the computers is the same. In other words, if your user will be typing
in https://www.widgets.microsoft.com (as an example), the common name on
the certificate needs to reflect this (in other words, it would be
www.widgets.microsoft.com). Typically, this should be the same name that
the DNS server resolves as you server.
MORE INFORMATION
To import a key file from another server, follow these
steps:
- Open the Internet Services Manager.
- Select the Web site that you want to enable SSL on.
- Open the properties of that Web site and click the Directory
Security tab.
- Under the Secure Communications section, click Server
Certificate to open the new Web Site Certificate Wizard.
- Click Next, and then choose the Import a
certificate from a key manager backup file option.
- Click Next.
- Input the location of your backup *.key file.
- Click
Next.
- Enter the password that you set when you made the backup
and click Next.
- Double-check the summary data to be sure this
is the proper key you want to import.
- Click Next.
You can now use SSL on the new Web server using the key pairs that
you backed up from the old server. Be sure to secure the old key file so no one has access.
Additional query words:
key manager ssl iis export
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Version : winnt:5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo