Renewing a GoDaddy Wildcard Certificate

Instructions

• Choose a Windows server with IIS installed
• Open IIS, select the Server in the Connections pane, and open Server Certificates.
• Click Create Certificate Request from the Actions pane.
• Enter the following information

Common Name: *.housingservices.com
Organization: Collegiate Housing Services
Organizational unit: IT
City/locality: Indianapolis
State/province: Indiana
Country/region: US

• Next
• Change the Bit length to 2048.
• Specify a file name for the certificate request.
• Finish
• Locate the certificate request file, open it in Notepad, and copy the entire contents. (CTRL+A then CTRL+C)
• Submit the copied data at https://www.godaddy.com/
• Once the submission has been approved download the zip file to the server where the request was created and unzip it.
• Back on the server where the CSR was created. Open MMC and add the Certificates Snapin (Computer Account).
• Browse to Certificates –> Personal –> Certificates –> Right-Click –> All Tasks –> Import –> Next
• Browse to the newly unzipped .crt file. –> Next
• Place all certificates in the following store: Personal –> Next
• Finish
• Right-click the newly imported file –> Properties –> enter a Friendly name: *.housingservices.com –> OK
• Double-click the newly imported file
  • Details tab
  • Copy to File
    • Next
  • Yes, export the private key
  • Personal Information Exchange – PKCS #12 (.PFX)
    • Include all certificates in the certification path if possible
    • Export all extended properties
    • Next
  • Enter a new password
    • Next
  • Browse and enter a new file name to export the .pfx file.
    • Next
    • Finish
  • Copy the .pfx file to Q:\NetGroup\Files\Certificates\Wildcard\new_year\Windows\ and rename it to THISISIT.pfx