Hi Rich,
I think the <Certificate> tags are for installing a new certificate, not using an existing. Rob? J Best regards, Sebastian Brand sebast...@instyler.com Geisenfelder Str. 53a 85053 Ingolstadt, Germany EU VAT ID: DE219712370 Phone: +49 841 4544567 www.instyler.com <http://www.instyler.com/> Travel add-in for Outlook <http://www.traveladdin.com/> : Add travel and return times to your calendar. Instyler Setup <http://www.instyler.com/> : Create WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. Sebastianbrand.com <http://www.sebastianbrand.com/> : blogging about software development, deployment and productivity > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Daniel [mailto:rdan...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 01:01 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Is there a way to install an https-bound web site with an > SSL certificate that is already on the box? > > I saw one thread on this in the archives with no response. So, I figured the > time may be ripe to ask again. > > I have an installation for a web site that is working really well so far except for > this one little snag. I've plumbed everything in for the site I install to use > https except for the certificate which - for security reasons - is already > installed on the box by someone else. The install runs fine, but the web site > doesn't work until I go into IIS and goose the authentication (or the binding if > I'm in IIS 7) to attach it to the certificate. > > I've been trundling though the 3.0 docs for the IIS extensions and I've seen > the Certificate and CertificateRef elements. I tried to be cute with these to > see if I could define a Certificate with just the required attributes (Name, > StoreLocation, and StoreName). I was hoping that would be enough to point > the MSI in the direction of the existing certificate. But alas, the compiler > barked at me for not having either BinaryKey or CertificatePath defined. > > So, my question is: Is there something I'm missing or perhaps a workaround > to this situation? > > Thanks > - Rich Daniel > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take > advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A > streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > <http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > <mailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
