Active Directory Certificate Services - Install and setup an Active Directory Certificate Services server

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Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: March 10 2020
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To install Active Directory Certificate Services:
- In Server Manager, select Tools > Add Roles and Features.
- At Before you begin, select Next.
- At Installation type, select Role-based or feature-based installation and select Next.
- At Server Selection, select the appropriate server and select Next.
- At Server Roles, tick Active Directory Certificate Services, select Add Features, and select Next.
- At Features, select Next.
- At AD xx, select Next.
- At Role Services, tick Certification Authority, Certificate Authority Web Enrollement, and Online Responder, and select Next.
- At Web Server Role (IIS), select Next.
- At Role Services, select Next.
- Select Install.
To configure Active Directory Certificate Services:
- Select Configure Active Directory Certificate Services on the destination server.
- At Credentials, ensure the server_name\Administrator account is listed, and select Next.
- At Role Services, tick Certification Authority and select Next.
- At Setup Type, tick Enterprise CA and select Next.
Note: If Enterprise CA is greyed out, you are probably not signed into the machine as the domain Administrator.
- At CA Type, tick Root CA and select Next.
- At Private Key, tick Create a new private key and select Next.
- At Cryptography, select your preferred cyrpt options and select Next.
- At CA Name, select Next.
- At Validity Period, selected your preferred validity (such as 1 year) and select Next.
- At Certificate Database, select Next.
- Select Configure.
- Once Configuration succedded is displayed, select Close.
- When prompted Do you want to configure additional role services, select No.
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