Windows - Generate Lets Encrypt SSL Certificate

Windows - Generate Lets Encrypt SSL Certificate

This is a guide on setting up free SSL certificate for Accessit Web App using Let’s Encrypt on Windows Servers. Generated certificates will also renew automatically. 

 Requirements: 


Steps: 

 

1: Check external connection

Make sure that you can successfully load your Accessit Web App on port 80 from the internet. 
In this guide we’ll be using http://library.accessit.online .  

 

If your Web App is using a different port externally (2000, 2001, 8080) then you’ll have to make changes in your Port Forwarding rules and Accessit Web App configuration.  Details are available in: https://desk.zoho.com/portal/accessitsoftware/kb/articles/v9-change-web-app-port 

 

2: Install Certify The Web

Download and install Certify The Web application from: https://certifytheweb.com/  
 
Download PowerShell script and edit it. You need to specify keystore password in Password variable and domain name in CertName variable. 
 

 

3: Configuration

Start Ceritfy The Web and select New Certificate. 
Give name to the certificate, enter your domain name and select ADD DOMAINS . 

 

Under Authorization set Challenge Type as http-01 and set Website Root Directory to:  
C:\Program Files\Access-It Software\Accessit\tomee\webapps 

 

 

Under Tasks add the downloaded PowerShell script as a Deployment Task


 

4: Generate Certificate

Then select Test option to verify if you can connect to Let's Encrypt servers correctly. 
You should get a response looking something like this: 
 

 

Now you are ready to request the new certificate by clicking on Request Certificate options. 
Once process is finished, go to C:\Program Files\Access-It Software\Accessit\tomee\conf folder and check if certificate was successfully generated. 
 
If it’s there, then you can enable it in your Accessit Web App config by following steps in following article: https://desk.zoho.com/portal/accessitsoftware/kb/articles/v9-web-app-setting-up-https-ssl


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