Question
SSL certificate on the RD Web Access server is due to expire in a few weeks. I have generated a CSR from the RD Web Access server and sent it to the SSL certificate issuing authority. SSL renewing company has issued a file with .pem extension that needs to apply on Windows Server 2012. Please let me know if I need to convert this extension into a different format and then apply the certificate?
Answer
Step 1: Copy the PEM file to the folder of OpenSSL.
Step 2: Open the command prompt.
Step 3: Navidate to the OpenSSL folder
Step 4: Execute the following command to convert PEM to CRT: openssl x509 -outform der -in your-cert.pem -out your-cert.crt
Alex Lim
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