I have some domain names that I use for testing out Azure features, write some blogs and other fun stuff. I find myself needing, wanting to use HTTPS and using the instructions I wrote some time ago, see below, to create the certificate is long and tedious. I had an epiphany which lead me to […]
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Make a self-signed SHA256 SSL certificate
I wrote an article about making an SSL certificate using MAKECERT here, but that example used the default SHA1 signature hash algorithm which is deprecating. Therefore, instead of the command shown in Figure 6 on the referenced article, I recommend using this command, that includes the SHA256 attribute, similar to that shown in Figure 1: […]
Read More →How to get a static IP address for your Windows App Service Web App
11-AUG-2016: This article discusses INBOUND IPs, if you are looking for a single outbound IP address, Web Apps do not support that, instead there is a group of ~4 outgoing IP addresses described here. If you want your own set of outbound IPs, consider an ASE described here. 25-OCT-2017: If you delete an existing binding […]
Read More →My SSL Certificate doesn’t work on Azure Websites
In this post I will discuss 2 issues you might encounter when configuring an SSL certificate on Azure Web App. The certificate does not show in the drop-down. Browsing to your website over SSL / HTTPS you receive a security warning and the Azure Website wildcard certificate is delivered. ##The certificate does not show in […]
Read More →Make your own SSL Certificate for testing and learning
Like many technologies, they seem very complicated when you begin to work with it, but once you get into it you start to hit the boundaries of its capabilities and features. Once you use a tool for some time you learn what it can and cannot do, and therefore when there is a problem you […]
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