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Install SSL Certificate IIS 6

Your SSL server certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message. It will be labled "Server Certificate (public key)". It is also downloadable from your SSL Manager account (recommended). Copy the certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a simple text editor, such as Vi or Notepad (do not use MS Word).
Save this as public.cer on your desktop or other location where you can find it later.
In IIS Manager, double-click the local computer, and then double-click the Web Sites folder.
Right-click the Web site for which you want to install the SSL certificate on and then click Properties. By default it will be Default Web Site, yours may be different.
Select the Directory Security tab and click Server Certificate in the Secure communications section.
Click Next in the Welcome to the Web Server Certificate Wizard window.
Select Process the pending request and install the certificate, Click Next.
Browse to locate the public.cer file when prompted to locate your web server certificate. Click Next.
Verify SSL Port 443 in the SSL Port dialog box.
Review the Certificate Summary screen and ensure that you are processing the correct certificate. Click Next.
Click Finish to complete the IIS Certificate Wizard.
Again, Right-click on the site in IIS and click Properties.
Select the Web Site tab. In the Web Site Identification section make sure that your site has an IP address and that the SSL port is 443. Click OK.

Troubleshooting/Testing

New To verify if your certificate is installed correctly, use the GeoTrust Certificate Installation Checker.

Test your SSL certificate by using a browser to connect to your server. Use the https protocol directive. For example, if your SSL was issued to secure.mysite.com, enter https://secure.mysite.com into your browser.

Your browser's padlock icon Browser padlock will be displayed in the locked position if your certificate is installed correctly and the server is properly configured for SSL.

For IIS SSL troubleshooting, Microsoft has designed a tool - SSL Diagnostics - to aid in quickly identifying configuration problems in the IIS metabase, certificates, or certificate stores.

When attempting to install the certificate IIS returns this message:

Error: The pending certificate request for this response file was not found. This request may be cancelled. You cannot install selected response certificate using this Wizard.

The most common reason for this is that the certificate in the body of the email is corrupted. Assuming you haven't deleted the pending request, an easy fix is to download the certificate directly from your SSL Manager account and try to install again. If that doesn't work, or you have already deleted the pending request, you will need to generate a new CSR and have your certificate reissued.

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