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Fixing "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" when using Shared Configuration in IIS8.x

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When setup Shared Configuration in IIS8.x, user may receive the error below.

This error reappears every times you try to save the Shared Configuration Settings. To fix it, you can install the Central SSL Certificate Support role service from Server Manager like below:

If you do not wish to do that, then you have to create this key in the registry and voila:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IIS\CentralCertProvider

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  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2014
    Worked! The errors went away on import after installing the Centralized SSL Certificate Support role. Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    November 13, 2014
    You are welcome. Great to hear it works for you!

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2014
    Where is the link to download the SSL certificate? By the way, I get the same error when I try to login in my mxit account on my laptop

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2015
    Thanks.  Absolutely the solution I was seeking.

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2015
    Wow, this just blew my mind.  I've been having this issue since upgrading to IIS 8.x a couple years back.  It always still worked okay, but that error bugged me since I didn't know why it did that.  I still don't, but at least now I can pretend it's fine.

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2016
    Thanks for this. Was tough to find.