Request a Certificate Over the Web

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

By default, every Windows Server 2003 certification authority (CA) has Web pages available for users and administrators. These can be used to perform a variety of tasks related to requesting certificates. These Web pages are located at https://servername/certsrv, where servername is the name of the server that hosts the CA. The certsrv portion of the URL should always be in lowercase letters; otherwise, users may have trouble checking and retrieving pending certificates.

Additional references

If you have been granted access permissions, you can perform the tasks described in the following topics:

• Submit a Basic User Certificate Request over the Web

• Submit an Advanced Certificate Request over the Web

• Request a Certificate Using a PKCS #10 or PKCS #7 File

• Check on a Pending Certificate Request

• For more information about updating Windows Server 2003 CA Web pages, search the Microsoft Knowledge Base (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46046) for keywords such as "Web enrollment," "Windows Server 2003 CA," or "Xenroll."

• Obtain a Certificate