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Practical-19
AIM: How to Install Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS)
 ADCS is the backbone of Microsoft’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
implementation. It will allow you to issue certificates for SSL/TTL user
on websites or digitally sign your email. Now let’s take a look at installing
Active Directory Certificate Services.
 Steps of how to install enterprise certificate authority on a windows 2008
server is depicted below.
1. Open Server Manager and Select Roles, then click Add Roles in the
center pane.

2. In the Select Server Roles window, select Active Directory Certificate

Services and click next.

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3. Now you will see an Introduction to Active Directory Certificate Services,

now with that warning out of the way, go ahead and click on Next.

4. Next you get to Select Role Services, For this install choose the
Certification Authority and click on next.

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5. Next you get “Specify Setup Type” screen, select the “Enterprise” and
then click next.

6. Next you get “Specify CA Type” screen, Select “Root CA” and then click
next.

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7. Next you get “Setup Private Key” screen, Select “Create a new private
key” and then click next.

8. Next you get “Configure Cryptography for CA” screen, Select “CSP”, “Key
Character Length”, “Hash Algorithm” and then click next.

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9. Next you get “Configure CA Name” screen, on this you can choose to
overwrite the default common name for this CA and also the
distinguished name suffix if you so choose and then click next.

10. Next you get “Set Validity Period for this CAs certificate” screen,
the default is 5 Years, You can change this based on any need and then
click next.

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11. Next you get “Configure Certificate Database” screen it specify

where you want to put the database and log files for the CA., Select the
location then click next.

12. Next you get “Confirm Installation Selections” screen, click on

Install.

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13. After a few minutes you will see the “Installation Results” screen,
and you will have the message: Installation succeeded then clicks on
Close.

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