Today I installed a wildcard certificate on a Windows machine where I created the private key on a Linux machine. I downloaded the certificate file from GoDaddy and had the file in .crt format.
To install it on a Windows web server I had to import it into IIS as a .pfx file. To do this you can use OpenSSL.The following command will produce a .pfx that can easily be imported into IIS.
<pre><code class="lang-bash">openssl pkcs12 -export -out certname.pfx -inkey privatekey.key -in certname.crt
</code></pre>
You will be prompted to enter a passphrase during export and import (Within Windows IIS).

Today I installed a wildcard certificate on a Windows machine where I created the private key on a Linux machine. I downloaded the certificate file from GoDaddy and had the file in .crt format.

To install it on a Windows web server I had to import it into IIS as a .pfx file. To do this you can use OpenSSL.The following command will produce a .pfx that can easily be imported into IIS.

```bash
openssl pkcs12 -export -out certname.pfx -inkey privatekey.key -in certname.crt
```

You will be prompted to enter a passphrase during export and import (Within Windows IIS).

Export pfx file from crt with key

David Galiata IT Consultant turned cybersecurity architect | Passionate about IT, cloud, and security. Always learning. Blogging about my adventures in the industry