IIS Instructions
IIS Instructions
All instructions to the DSSA™ in the Microsoft® environment use a Graphical User Interface [GUI]. Dues to the simplistic functions of the DSSA™, once installed and initialized, there are very few commands that can be executed.
As stated, this limited set of commands not only makes the DSSA™ simple to use, it also make the application more secure. The following sub sections provide the instructions for completing the configuration of the DSSA™ and the other features of the GUI.
- Configure
- View List
- New
- Delete
- Enable
- Renew
Once installed, the DSSA™ GUI is used to configure the server. This is a one-time-only configuration that is activated using the Tools -> Configure option from the menu. The DSSA™ will run a routine and when completed will display all the SSL Certificates present on the server. The configuration is now complete.
To view all of the SSLs installed on the server, simply open the DSSA™. Once open, all of the Certificates on the machine are displayed in the familiar IIS Certificate Store format. The GUI will display a list of all the SSLs on the system, regardless of their life cycle status (i.e. currently valid and in date, expired and out of date, revoked, etc).
Important Note: The DSSA™ will only automatically renew SSLs that are valid at the exact time that the DSSA™ is installed and initialized. To enable the DSSA™ to replace an expired SSL with a new SSL, use the ‘Renew’ command prompt (see sub section 5.1.1.5).
To add a new SSL to the server, select File -> New from the GUI Menu and enter the hostname of the SSL that you want to add to the server.
To disable the renewal of an existing SSL on the server, select File -> Delete from the GUI Menu and enter the hostname of the SSL that you want to add to the server.
To enable the renewal of an existing SSL on the server that was previously disabled or had expired prior to the installation of the DSSA™, select File -> Enable from the GUI Menu and enter the hostname of the SSL that you want to renew immediately.
To enable the renewal of an existing SSL on the server immediately (i.e. force the immediate renewal), select File -> Renew from the GUI Menu and enter the hostname of the SSL that you want to renew immediately
