I'm having a lot of trouble installing a(some?) SSL certificates to my site. We have been provided with some certificates (a pfx, several .pem files, and a jks) for authentication to use an API.
Unfortunately my experience with certification like this is almost nil. Days have now passed and I'm not sure I'm any closer to solving this problem.
When I try to import the pfx file from the server's Server Certificates window I am told 'Certificate cannot be used as an SSL server certificate';
Trying to import the pem files to the site through the 'complete certificate request...' option returns an access error. (this exact errorhttp://forums.iis.net/t/1189847.aspx/1) But the solution outlined in that thread did not solve the problem.
It may be that I am using the certificate files completely incorrectly. I believe the files themselves are correct however. The pem files include a pub key a priv key an intermediate CA and a root CA. How I am meant to use them is a little above me. I believe
these can be combined into one pem file however this didn't work either.
Renaming to .cer did allow me to install them to the Windows machine but have resulted in no practical changes.
Any advice or guidance on to the right path would be greatly appreiciated (have of course already had a peruse of existing threads and FAQs).