This is the second article in the series to "Configure the ADFS Authentication for SharePoint". In this article I will show how to configure SharePoint site to configure SSL and use https port. For your SharePoint sit to use ADFS Authentication it is necessary that SharePoint site is running on https.
Below are some of the topics covered under this series
- About ADFS Authentication and SharePoint
- Configure SharePoint Site to use SSL and HTTPS
- Install And Configure Active Directory Federation Services(ADFS)
- Export ADFS Certificate from the ADFS Management
- Create Relying party Trusts and Claims from ADFS
- Configure SharePoint to use ADFS Authentication
- Custom Login Page for SharePoint Authentication
Currently my SharePoint Url is configured to use HTTP and its pubic url is
http://dhavalcodesp2016server.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
We want to change it to
https://dhavalcodesp2016server.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
To enable SSL in IIS, you must first obtain a certificate that is used to encrypt and decrypt the information that is transferred over the network. IIS includes its own certificate request tool that you can use to send a certificate request to a certification authority.
Create Self Signed Certificate from IIS
Open IIS Manager and select the server on the Left Panel and Select ‘Server Certificates’
Click on ‘Create Self Signed Certificate’ from the right panel. Specify the friendly name of the Certificate and select the certificate store as ‘Personal’
Click on ‘Ok’ and It will generate the certificate in IIS. Double click on the created certificate
Go to Details Tab and click on “Copy to File ..”
Export the Self Signed Certificate
Click on Next. And on next screen select “No, do not export the private key”
Select the location for the file to export the certificate
And click on finish
Import Certificate in the Certificate Store
Open Manage Compute Certificate on Windows Server 2012 and go to SharePoint node and then right click All tasks >> import …
Click Next and then specify the location of exported certificate in previous step and then Click Next,
Make sure Certificate store is SharePoint and Click Next and then finish (Exported)
Click on Import
Click on “Next”
Select the location of the certificate we exported in the earlier step
Click on Next
Click on “Finish”
Add the Self Signed Certificate on SharePoint
Open the Central Administration
Navigate to Security -> Manage Trust -> Click on ‘New’
Fill out the below details and provide the path for the certificate we exported in the first step
Click on Ok
Configure SharePoint Site in IIS to use HTTPS
Open IIS Manager
Select the Site in the IIS and right click on it and Open Bindings…
Click on Add, Select HTTPS
Fill out the below details as shown below
Click on Ok.
Configure Alternate Access Mapping
Go Central Administration >> Alternate Access Mapping and Choose your web application
And click on Edit Public URLs and then add HTTPS URL
Update the Internet Url to
https://dhavalcodesp2016server.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
Open the browser and and use the https url
Click on ‘Proceed to https://dhavalcodesp2016server.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
You should be able to browse your SharePoint site over HTTPS
