Powershell IIS7 Snap in Assign SSL certificate to https binding

Question

As part of our automated build procedure we are trashing and reconstructing our IIS site with powershell scripts.

Once i have created the AppPool and the website complete with binding information I want to set the SSL certificate for the https binding. I can't find any concrete examples onl;ine anywhere that demonstrate this.

Any ideas?

Looking for a benevolent powershell god...

Answer 1

I've found an example here on how one can assign the certificate.

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/491/powershell-snap-in-configuring-ssl-with-the-iis-powershell-snap-in/

However, it doesn't seem very elegant having to hard code the certificate thumbprint ... so if any one knows of a better method, I'd be glad to hear.

Answer 2

Here is how to do it simply:

First identify thecertificate that you want to assign and obtain it's thumbprint

e.g. Your certificate might be in cert:\LocalMachine\Root

You can obtain the thumbprint with the following:

$thumb = (Get-ChildItem cert:\LocalMachine\Root | where-object { $_.Subject -like "YOUR STRING HERE*" } | Select-Object -First 1).Thumbprint

<<< Now one can assign the certificate to an ip address and port comme ci >>>

$IPAddress = 101.100.1.90

$port = 443

Push-Location IIS:\SslBindings

Get-Item cert:\LocalMachine\Root\$thumb | New-Item $IPAddress!$port

Pop-Location

Hope this is of help to anyone