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Created January 29, 2016 18:39
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Create a Self-Signed Cert with PowerShell
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New-SelfSignedCert.ps1
#Create the cert
New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName 'foo.azurewebsites.net' -CertStoreLocation cert:\CurrentUser\My -KeyAlgorithm RSA -KeyLength 2048 -KeyExportPolicy Exportable #-KeyUsage DigitalSignature,nonRepudiation,keyEncipherment
#Look for the cert
dir Cert:\CurrentUser\My
#Export the cert to a PFX file
$mypwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "WhoFedTheDogCorn?" -Force –AsPlainText
dir Cert:\CurrentUser\My | Where Subject -EQ 'CN=foo.azurewebsites.net' | Export-PfxCertificate -ChainOption BuildChain -Password $mypwd -FilePath E:\Scratch\fooCert.pfx
#Clean-up: Remove the cert from the certificate store
dir Cert:\CurrentUser\My | Where Subject -EQ 'CN=microsoft-apiappf710aa4ba6b148fa8de060cd4ac32edf.azurewebsites.net' | Remove-Item
#Clean-up: Remove the PFX file
dir E:\Scratch\fooCert.pfx | Remove-Item
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