

It’s time to export the self-signed certificate. $pwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String ‘passw0rd!’ -Force -AsPlainTextĬhange ‘passw0rd’ with your preferred password. Create a password for the certificate using the following line:.Note that you need to change the “” with the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) you would like to use. The “New-SelfSignedCertificate” cmdlet will create the certificate. $cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -certstorelocation cert:\localmachine\my -dnsname It’s available for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. If your PowerShell is lower than that, you need to update your Windows Management Framework. Here, my PowerShell “Major” is 5, meaning v5. Type the following command and press Enter:.From the Start menu, type “powershell” > hit Enter.

To check your PowerShell version, follow these steps. Prerequisiteīefore jumping to the certificate generation, you need to make sure that your PowerShell is v5. It works using a command-line shell and associated script language. For your knowledge, PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework developed and distributed by Microsoft as a part of Windows operating system. Here, I’m describing how to create one using PowerShell. In Windows, there are 2 different approaches to create a self-signed certificate. Instead, you can create your own self-signed certificate on Windows. However, when developing, obtaining a certificate in this manner is a hardship. For running a successful production environment, it’s a must. For adding a certificate, you need to buy a certificate or deploy your own Public Key Infrastructure. Certificates are an essential part of ensuring security in sites.
