how to create .csr file (SSL) on command line or api (Visual Basic or Other programming language) for IIS 6.0 / 7.0

Question

Hi All;

i need creating .csr file on vb api or command line tool for iis 6.0 / 7.0.

thanks for all.

Answer 1

There are many pages with GUI wizards explaining how to do this. IIS (at least through v6) has never been friendly to programmatic manipulation.

Command line options appear to mostly rely on openssl. Here is a page that code generates the command line invocation you need.

And section #3 of the openssl cert faq.

Weigh carefully the benefits of writing code for what might be faster to do with an annoying GUI.