Please review this guide to run Backup My org or Clean My Org as HTTPS:

Option 1 (Recommended): Using an existing IIS PFX Certificate for use with BackupMyOrg / CleanMyOrg 

1. Export the certificate from IIS:
   a. Open the 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"
   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 the BackupMyOrg/CleanMyOrg 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 BackupMyOrg/CleanMyOrg directory and type:
   backupmyorg pfx <passphrase>
   OR 
   cleanmyorg pfx <passphrase>
   (Note: This will save the passphrase as an encrypted string in the MongoDB database.)
   
   
3. In the main application directory, edit the config/nodeconfig.json file and make the following modifications:
   Note: If you are using an absolute path in your nodeconfig.json file, be sure to use double backslashes, such as "C:\\BackupMyOrg\\Certificates\certificate.pem" or "C:\\CleanMyOrg\\Certificates\certificate.pem"
   "useHTTPS": true,
     "certs": {
       "certificate": "",
       "key": "",
       "pfx": "<name of your PFX file>"
     },
   
   
4. Restart your BackupMyOrg/CleanMyOrg server app or service, then load https://localhost:8500 or https://yourwebdomain:8500 (for BackupMyOrg) or https://localhost:8000 or https://yourwebdomain:8000 (for Clean My Org) in your browser.

Option 2: Using a key and pem file for use with BackupMyOrg / CleanMyOrg 

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_2_0.msi)
2. Open the command prompt in Windows
   
3. Run the following commands to generate your private key and public certificate:
   openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -x509 -days 365 -out certificate.pem
   openssl x509 -text -noout -in certificate.pem
   
4. Once you have the cert and key files, copy them to your BackupMyOrg or CleanMyOrg main folder
5. Edit the config/nodeconfig.json file and make the following modifications:
1. “useHTTPS”: true,
2. “certificate”: <name of your certificate.pem file>,
   “key”: <name of your key .pem file>
   Note: If you are using an absolute path in your nodeconfig.json file, be sure to use double backslashes, such as "C:\\BackupMyOrg\\Certificates\certificate.pem" or "C:\\CleanMyOrg\\Certificates\certificate.pem"
   
6. Restart your BackupMyOrg/CleanMyOrg server app or service, then load https://localhost:8500 or https://yourwebdomain:8500 (for BackupMyOrg) or https://localhost:8000 or https://yourwebdomain:8000 (for Clean My Org) in your browser.

Option 3: Convert an existing IIS Certificate into a key/pem for use with BackupMyOrg / CleanMyOrg 

To convert an IIS certificate to a .KEY and .PEM format for use in BackupMyOrg or CleanMyOrg, you can follow these steps:

1. Export the certificate from IIS:
   a. Open the 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"
   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):
   
   openssl pkcs12 -in exportedCert.pfx -out yourcert.pem -nodes
   
   This command will prompt you for the password you used to protect the .pfx file. Enter the password and press Enter. The command will create a .pem file in the same directory as the .pfx file.
   
   
3. Extract the private key from the .pem file using OpenSSL:
   a. Run the following command in the same directory where the .pem file is saved:
   
   openssl rsa -in yourcert.pem -out yourkey.key
   
   This command will extract the private key from the .pem file and save it as a separate .key file in the same directory.
   
   
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):
   
   "useHTTPS": true,
     "certs": {
       "certificate": "yourcert.pem",
       "key": "yourkey.key"
     },
   
   
5. Restart the BackupMyOrg/CleanMyOrg server and open the browser using https location.

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