Issue a trusted win-acme certificate (Let's Encrypt)

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description this article provides an example of how to configure and issue a trusted public certificate using win acme (let's encrypt) in windows server iis preparation open — "server manager" → "tools" → "internet information services (iis) manager" go to the website with passwork in the right panel "actions" → "bindings" edit the http connection protocol, specify in "hostname " the domain or subdomain to be used for connections to the passwork web interface configure and issue a trusted certificate getting and running win acme open powershell as "administrator" using the start context menu right click on the start icon in the lower left corner of the screen select "windows powershell (administrator)" from the context menu using the start menu left click on the start icon in the lower left corner of the screen write powershell open powershell as "administrator" with the combination — ctrl + shift + enter when using windows server 2016, you must enable the tls 1 2 security protocol using the command powershell \[net servicepointmanager] securityprotocol = \[net securityprotocoltype] tls12 get the archive — win acme v2 2 9 1701 x64 pluggable zip into the working directory of the user shell powershell if ( not (test path "$pwd\win acme v2 2 9 1701 x64 pluggable zip")) { (new object system net webclient) downloadfile( "https //github com/win acme/win acme/releases/download/v2 2 9 1701/win acme v2 2 9 1701 x64 pluggable zip", "$pwd\win acme v2 2 9 1701 x64 pluggable zip" ) write host "archive successfully retrieved" } else { write host "the archive has already been received" } unzip the contents into a separate directory — win acme powershell expand archive ` path "$pwd\win acme v2 2 9 1701 x64 pluggable zip" ` destinationpath "$pwd\win acme\\" run wacs exe to issue a trusted certificate powershell try { start process ` filepath "$pwd\win acme\wacs exe" ` } catch { write host "running the application ended with an error $ " foregroundcolor red } issuing a certificate after opening wacs exe in cmd exe create certificate passwork website use a single binding for the website confirm actions, accept the terms of use and provide an email address for notifications after you complete these steps, a trusted certificate for the passwork website will be issued and will be available on port 443