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You must create a server certificate on your primary front-end Web server.

1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. In the console tree, expand the computer name node.
3. Expand the Web Sites node, right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties.

    Important   You are enabling SSL on Default Web Site. If you are enabling SSL on another virtual server, substitute the name of that virtual server for Default Web Site in the instructions. Your virtual server name will also appear in the Mapping Name column on the Configure Alternate Portal Access Settings page.

4. On the Directory Security tab, in the Secure communications section, click Server Certificate.
5. On the Welcome to the Web Server Certificate Wizard page, click Next.
6. On the Server Certificate page, click Create a new certificate, and then click Next.
7. On the Delayed or Immediate Request page, click Prepare the request now, but send it later, and then click Next.
8. On the Name and Security Settings page, do the following:
   1. In the Name box, type a name for your certificate.

      Tip

      It is recommended practice that you use the same name as the Web site that you are configuring, such as "Default Web Site."
   2. In the Bit length list, select a bit length or accept the default of 1024.
   3. Click Next.
9. On the Organization Information page, do the following:
   1. In the Organization box, type or select the name of your organization.
   2. In the Organizational unit box, type or select your team or division name.
   3. Click Next.
10. On the Your Site's Common Name page, in the Common name box, type the name that you will use to access the Web site, and then click Next.

    The name can be a computer name, a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), or —if you are using network load-balanced or multiple front-end Web servers —the name of the entire server farm.

     Warning   If you are implementing crawling over SSL, the common name must equal the base URL of the Web site.

    The base URL is the URL that you entered on the Create Portal Site for Server_Name page. You can determine the base URL by going to the Configure Alternate Portal Access Settings page and looking at the Default URL column for Default Web Site (under Mapping Name). If you created a virtual server other than Default Web Site and created the first portal site on that new virtual server, for the base URL, look at the Default URL column for your virtual server name listed in the Mapping Name column.

    If the base URL (Default URL) is not equal to the common name that you want to use, you can edit the mapping name and change the default URL on the Change Alternate Access Setting page.

11. On the Geographical Information page, do the following:
    1. In the Country/Region list, click the name of your country or region.
    2. In the State/Province list, type or select the name of your state or province.
    3. In the City/Locality list, type or select the name of your city or locality.
    4. Click Next.
12. Leave the IIS Certificate Wizard open, open Windows Explorer, and create the following folder hierarchy on your operating system drive:

    <drive>:\Certificates\common_name where common_name is the common name you entered in step 10.

13. Return to the IIS Certificate Wizard.
14. On the Certificate Request File Name page, do the following:
    1. Click Browse, and navigate to the folder that you created in step 12.
    2. Click Save.
    3. Click Next.
15. On the Request File Summary page, click Next.
16. On the Completing the Web Server Certificate Wizard page, click Finish.
17. Click OK to close the Default Web Site Properties dialog box.