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.

Important

Windows Server 2003 CA Web pages must be updated before users can access these Web pages by using this version of Windows.

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