Creating a self-signed certificate

Details:

​To create a self-signed certificate:

1. Navigate to IIS on the server that hosts DocAve Manager.
2. Highlight your server name, and select “Server Certificates”
3. Select Create Self-Signed Certificate, and name the certificate.
4. Once the the self-signed certificate is created, make sure that the Issued To field matches the hostname of your DocAve Manager. For example, https://issued to:14000/DocAve.aspx
5. Apply the certificate to the DocAve 6 website, which is under the list of Sites in  your IIS menu.
6. Right-click on the DocAve 6 site and select Edit Bindings.
7. Select the default binding and click Edit.
8. In the SSL Certificate drop-down menu, select the self-signed certificate that you created:*Note: It is also possible to use a third party certificate as long as the Issued To field matches the hostname of the Manager.
9. Click OK and Close to apply the settings.
10. Restart DocAve 6 in your browser. When the warning re-appears, click the Security Report icon next to the address URL.
11. Click View certificates in the pop-up. The Certificate window appears.
12. Click Install Certificate to install the DocAve certificate.
13. Click Next to continue with the Certificate Import.
14. Select the Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate option and click Next.
15. Click Finish to complete the certificate import.
16. Click OK in the prompt acknowledging the successful import.

*Note: If the Issued To field displays the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), replace the host name in the DocAve address with the FQDN. For example, https://FQDN:14000/DocAve.aspx