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Option 1: Using an

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Existing IIS PFX Certificate (RECOMMENDED)

1. Export the certificate from IIS:
   a. Open the IIS ManagerFrom your Start menu, open “Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager”
   b. Click on the server name in the "Connections" pane (located left-hand side) 
   c. In the middle pane, double-click on "Server Certificates" (under IIS section)
   d. Select the certificate you want to export
   e. Click "Export" in the "Actions" pane (located on the right-hand side)
   f. Follow the wizard to export the certificate as a .pfx file (Note: remember the passphrase you specified to protect the cert)
   g. Export the PFX to your GEO Jobe product’s main folder
   (Note: if you don’t have an export option you may need to re-import the certificate to IIS with the allow export option)

2. Open the command prompt and navigate to the Admin Tools 2.0 main directory and insert:

index pfx <INSERT PASSPHRASE HERE> 

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3. In the product’s main application directory, locate the config/nodeconfig.json and make the following modifications in the JSON file:

   Code Block
   "useHTTPS": true,  "certs": {     "certificate": "",     "key": "",     "pfx": "ADD PFX FILE NAME HERE" --> example: "pfxCert.pfx"   },

(Note: If you are using an absolute path in your nodeconfig.json, be sure to use double backslashes, such as "C:\\BackupMyOrg\\Certificates\certificate.pem" or "C:\\CleanMyOrg\\Certificates\certificate.pem". Please also ensure that the name of your PFX file is added to the “pfx” property. An example is shown above.)

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4. Restart your Admin Tools 2.0 service

   1. Then, load https://localhost:9181 or https://yourwebdomain:9181

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Option 2: Using a key and pem file

1. Both a certificate and key .pem file are required. (If you need to generate these, you can do so by downloading OpenSSL at: https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL_Light-3_24_0.msi

2. Open the command prompt in Windows.

3. Run the following commands to generate your private key and public certificate:

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4. Restart your Admin Tools 2.0 service.

   1. Then, load https://localhost:9181 or https://yourwebdomain:9181

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Option 3: Convert an existing IIS Certificate into a key/pem

To convert an IIS certificate to a .key and .pem format for use in Admin Tools 2.0 you can follow these steps:

1. Export the certificate from IIS:
   a. Open the IIS ManagerFrom your Start menu, open “Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager”
   b. Click on the server name in the "Connections" pane (located on the left-hand side) 
   c. In the middle pane, double-click on "Server Certificates"
   d. Select the certificate you want to export
   e. Click "Export" in the "Actions" pane (located on the right-hand side)
   f. Follow the wizard to export the certificate as a .pfx file (remember the password you specified to protect the cert)
   (Note: if you don’t have an export option you may need to re-import the certificate to IIS with the allow export option)

2. Convert the .pfx file to a .pem file using OpenSSL:
   a. Install OpenSSL on your computer if it is not already installed (Windows version can be found at: https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
   b. Copy the .pfx file to the OpenSSL /bin folder
   c. Open a command prompt or terminal window
   d. Navigate to the OpenSSL bin directory
   e. Run the following command (changing exported cert name as necessary):

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4. Copy the .pem and .key to the application directory and configure config/nodeconfig.json
   a. Copy the new .pem and .key file to your application root directory
   b. Open <application directory>\config\nodeconfig.json
   c. Modify the settings as follows (changing names as necessary):

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