Problems with certificate from GeoTrust

[peterH]

A customer of mine has requested a certificate from GeoTrust and have received two files xxx.p7s and xxx.crt

Their NT web server starts w/o problem but it doesn't respond to requests. I've tried renaming the files to xxx.key and xxx.crt as per the NT docs to no avail. (Just to test I also created a self-signed cert which works - although with the expected warning).

I'm really at a loss here. What can I do? They're supposed to go live tomorrow!

Peter

[Bruce]

Hi Peter,

You need to convert the files to the required format. Google is your friend in this regard. This may be helpful;
https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-converter.html
But try the OpenSSL approach first (if it works).

PEM is a good format to get to - converting from PEM to CRT/KEY is easy (and  think in the docs.)

cheers
Bruce

[peterH]

Hi Bruce,

Glad you're back! (hopefully after having a good time).

I can convert to pem alright. But from there I'm stuck (again). Nowhere can I find any hints on generating .crt and .key from .pem. Please!

Peter

[peterH]

Problem solved!

The customer's it guy had the key file I was missing (from creatingthe csr). How simple can it be 

Thanks for helping.

Peter