Step 2: Your SSL certificate must be in a .cer file. You can save the certificate with the following naming convention:
Your_Domain_Name.cer
Step 3: Now, open IIS Manager from your Windows VPS – Click: Start → Administrative Tools → Internet Information Services (IIS).
Step 4: Click on your VPS Server Name. i.e. SE/HVXXACCUXXXX. (XX refers to a numeric value).
Step 5: Now, double-click on “Server Certificates” under the IIS option, as shown in the image below.
Step 6: Click on “Complete Certificate Request” on the right-hand side “Action” Menu as shown in the image below.
Step 7: Now, select the path where the SSL certificate resides on your VPS and enter a friendly name; this must be different than what you had used while initially installing the SSL certificate. You can use names like “ssl_2013-14 “, “ssl_2014-15”, and so on.
Step 8: Now, click on OK to install the SSL certificate on your server. Once the installation is completed, you can assign this certificate to your website.
Step 9: Go to IIS → Server Name, i.e., SE/HVXXACCUXXXX. (XX refers to a numeric value) → Sites.
Step 10: Click on the website for which you are renewing the SSL certificate.
Step 11: As you are renewing the SSL certificate, you might already have added SSL bindings when you had installed the SSL certificate on this website for the first time.
Step 12: Now, you just need to edit that binding, keep all settings as they are. You will need to select a new SSL certificate from the dropdown menu as shown below:
Step 13: Click OK to complete the installation process.
