Import certificates from Microsoft IIS 5

To use a certificate that you are using in IIS 5 you must first add a Certificate Snap-in to your Microsoft Management Console, export the certificate from IIS 5 and then import the certificate into GlobalSCAPE Secure FTP Server.

 

Add the Certificate Snap-in

  1. On the computer containing the certificate you want, select Start, then Run, and then type mmc to open the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in...

  3. Click Add button.  This will open the Add Standalone Snap-in box.

  4. Select Certificates from the list and then click Add.

  5. Select Computer account and then click Next.

  6. Select Local computer and click Finished.

  7. Click Close on the Add Standalone Snap-in box.

  8. Click OK on the Add/Remove Snap-in box.

 

Export the certificate from IIS 5

  1. Under the Tree tab in the Microsoft Management Console expand Certificates.

  2. Select the Personal folder and then the certificate you want to export.

  3. On the Action menu select All Tasks>Export

  4. Click Next.

  5. Select Yes, export the private key and click Next.

  6. Select Personal Information Exchange – PKCS #12 (.PFX) and then click Next.

  7. Enter the password you used when you created the certificate and click Next.  This will create a .pfx file.

 

Import the certificate into GlobalSCAPE Secure FTP Server

  1. Open the GlobalSCAPE Secure FTP Server Administrator Interface

  2. At the bottom of the left pane, click the Server tab.

  3. Expand a server group, and server.

  4. Select a site.

  5. In the right pane, click the Connection Options tab.

  6. Select either the Enable explicit SSL access check box, the Enable implicit SSL access check box, or select both check boxes.

  7. Click the browse button next to Certificate file path and select the .pfx file you created in the steps above.

  8. Click the browse button next to Private key file path and select the same .pfx file you created in the steps above.

  9. Type in the password you used when you created your certificate in the Private key Passphrase box.

  10. Click Apply. A message appears telling you the changes require a site restart.

  11. In the toolbar, click the Stop button and then the Go button.

 

 

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