Part 1 - Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services
Active Directory Certificate Authority Certificates Microsoft
Published on 22 March 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 277. Reading Time: 2 mins.
This is Part 1 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.0 to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services.
I have heavily invested into my Home Lab over the last few months and as part of building my new VMware vSphere 6.0 Home Lab. I have decided that creating an Enterprise Root CA is a good idea so that I can work with certificates in my home lab.
The following instruction assumes you have a vanilla installation Windows Server 2012 R2 server. In this instance I have named the server cx-ca-01 in line with my naming policy and joined it to my lab domain.
Instructions
Select Add roles and features from within the Server Manager screen.
![cx-ca-00.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-00.png)
If desired (for your own sanity) check the Skip this page by default checkbox and then Click Next.
![cx-ca-01.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-01.png)
Select the Role-based or feature-based installation option and click Next.
![cx-ca-02.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-02.png)
Select the Select a server from the server pool option and ensure the server you want to install Certificate Services on is selected and click Next.
![cx-ca-03.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-03.png)
Select Active Directory Certificate Services.
![cx-ca-04.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-04.png)
When prompted, click Add Features to add the default pre-requisite components.
![cx-ca-05a.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-05a.png)
Unless there are additional Roles you wish to install, Click Next.
![cx-ca-04.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-04.png)
Add any additional Features you may wish to install and click Next.
![cx-ca-05.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-05.png)
Click Next.
![cx-ca-06.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-06.png)
Select Certificate Authority Web Enrollment.
![cx-ca-07.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-07.png)
When prompted, click Add Features to add the default pre-requisite components.
![cx-ca-07a.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-07a.png)
Click Next.
![cx-ca-08.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-08.png)
Click Next.
![cx-ca-09.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-09.png)
Click Next.
![cx-ca-10.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-10.png)
Click Install.
![cx-ca-11.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-11.png)
The roles and features will now install. Click Close.
![cx-ca-12.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-12.png)
Once the CA features have been installed, click Configure Active Directory Certificate Services.
![cx-ca-13.png](/img/2016/03/22/cx-ca-13.png)
Next Steps
In Part 2 will cover the initial configuration of the Certificate Authority.
Published on 22 March 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 277. Reading Time: 2 mins.
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