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Converts a certificate thumbprint to a string suitable for IIS' adsi SSLCertHash property
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function Convert-ToCertificateHash($HashString) {
$pairs = @([regex]::Matches($HashString, '..') | ForEach-Object { $_.Value })
-join @(
for ($x=0; $x -lt $pairs.Length; $x += 2) {
$a, $b = $pairs[$x..($x+1)]
[char] [uint16]::Parse(-join ($b, $a), 'hexnumber')
}
)
}
$id = ...
$site = [adsi] 'IIS://localhost/W3SVC/$id'
$site.SSLCertHash = Convert-ToCertificateHash 'f6208d753c985b1b32c0d02fd9ffcb1b52ca0115'
$site.SetInfo()
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The piece of code threw an error :(Exception setting "SSLCertHash": "Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000500C"
At line:12 char:7

  • $site. <<<< SSLCertHash = Convert-ToCertificateHash 'f6208d753c985b1b32c0d02fd9ffcb1b52ca0115'
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException

Could you please help me out?

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This only applies to IIS 6, if you're using IIS 7 then you want to look at the newer powershell commands, or web.config settings
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/491/powershell-snap-in-configuring-ssl-with-the-iis-powershell-snap-in/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee790599.aspx
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/144/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-iis/

Enabling IIS 6 metabase compatibility with IIS 7 (not the preferred option)
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/125/metabase-compatibility-with-iis-7-and-above/

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