Installing Lync 2013 in Lab – Certificate Authority Setup
Lync 2013 Server – Installing Certificate Authority (CA) Server
In our last post, we learned “Setting up of a Domain Controller server and joining Systems/Computers to the domain“. In this post, we will learn how to install Certificate Authority role in Domain Controller Server.
Installing Certificate Authority Server:
To install CA or Certificate Authority on a domain controller, login to Domain Controller Server.
- Launch Server Manager window.
- Click on Add roles and features.
- Click on Next.
- Radio Check “Role-based or feature-based installation” and click on Next
- Radio Check “Select a server from the server pool” and click on Next
- Check Box on “Active Directory Certificate Services” and click on “Add Features”
- Click on Next
- Click on Next
- Click on Next
- Ensure that “Certificate Authority” is checked and click on Next
- Click on Install
- Once the installation is completed, click on “Configure Active Directory Certificate Services on the destination server
- When AD CS Configuration window appears, click on Next
- Check Box “Certificate Authority” and click on Next
- Radio Check “Enterprise CA” and click on Next
- Radio Check “Root CA” and click on Next
- Radio Check “Create a new private key” and click on Next
- Cryptography for CA, leave defaults and click on Next
- Specify the name of the CA, leave defaults and click on Next
- Specify the validity period, leave default and click on Next
- Specify the validity period, leave default and click on Next
- Specify the database locations, leave default and click on Next
- Confirmation, click on Configure
- If you see the results window reading as “Configuration Succeeded” that means that CA is configured successfully. Click on Close.
That’s all, your CA server is ready now.
Hope this helps!
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