How do I deploy a SSL cert .pfx generated on the VM on the Azure Portal

Question

New to Azure and want to make this work. I am using a VM as a disaster plan, which i hope never happens...

I purchased a domain (external) and pointed the DNS to the server, all is working with the required sub-domains.

I have setup our applications on the windows VM in IIS, there are four sites that make up the application. I need to cover the sub-domains with a SSL, which I have done many times on our production servers.

I followed the procedure and installed on the VN in IIS and then exported/imported the .pfx file but does not work.

Research says i need to add the Azure Portal, I have spent hours trying, i am at a loss...

Any advice gratefully received,

Thanks

Steve

Answer 1

Hello @SteveT , unless you have some kind of gateway that router traffic to your IIS, applications hosted in IIS need SSL certificates installed and bound on IIS, not in Azure. You can also use Azure Key Vault to securely deploy certs to your Azure Windows VM. Follow the steps detailed in Tutorial: Secure a web server on a Windows virtual machine in Azure with TLS certificates stored in Key Vault. If you run into additional issues share error details and/or screenhosts so we can assist.

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