Do we have recommendations how to easily create a self-signed SSL/TLS certificate? The latter is required to switch a DMA from HTTP to HTTPS?
Hi Thomas, in the IIS manager application, you can select your server, and open the "Server Certificates". In the actions pane on the right-hand side, you will see several options to create certificates: "Create certificate request", "Create Domain Certificate" and "Create self-signed certificate".
As already mentioned, a self-signed certificate is mainly intended for test purposes and not recognized by most browsers out-of-the-box. It needs to be installed on each client individually. For production use, it is recommended to use either a domain certificate for systems that are only approached internally, or a certificate issued by an official certificate authority.
Hi Thomas,
While it’s not an answer to your question, instead of working with a self-signed certificate, it’s better to work with a real TLS certificate that you obtain through a Certificate Authority.
*A self-signed certificate will be flagged as insecure by your computer by default and needs to be installed on all client machines.