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​Managing your Azure Secure LDAP certificate is essential for ensuring secure communication within your Azure environment. This guide will walk you through the process of installing and updating your Azure Secure LDAP certificate by leveraging tools like Chocolatey, OpenSSL, and Azure.

Before you can work with SSL certificates, you'll need to install Chocolatey and OpenSSL. Here's how you can do that via PowerShell.

Install Chocolatey

1. Open PowerShell as an Administrator.
2. Run the following command to install Chocolatey:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

1. Once the installation is complete, restart PowerShell.
2. To confirm Chocolatey is installed, run:

choco -v

• If Chocolatey is installed correctly, it will return a version number.

Install OpenSSL

1.     Now that you have Chocolatey installed, use it to install OpenSSL by running:

choco install openssl -y

2.     After installation, restart PowerShell and verify the installation by running:

openssl version

Create the .PFX File for Azure Secure LDAP

Once OpenSSL is set up, you'll need to create a .PFX file from your SSL certificate, which is essential for Secure LDAP. Follow these steps:

1. Download the necessary files from GoDaddy or another provider after your standard TSL certificate is generated. These file examples are commonly include:
• domain.com.zip
• 2dade342f71c7a47.crt
• 2dade342f71c7a47.pem
• gd_bundle-g5-g8.crt
• generated-csr.txt
• generated-private-key.txt
2. Extract and place these files in a convenient location, like C:\, for easy reference.
   
3. Create a folder at the root of your directory, such as C:\Domain.com.
4. Open PowerShell and navigate to the folder where you've saved the certificate files:
5. Run the following OpenSSL command to generate the .PFX file. Make sure to replace the file paths with the correct locations for your setup:

openssl pkcs12 -export -out C:\Domain.com\certificate.pfx -inkey C:\Domain.com\generated-private-key.txt -in C:\Domain.com\2dade342f81c7a47.crt -certfile C:\Domain.com\gd_bundle-g5-g8.crt

1. When prompted, create a secure password for the .PFX file. Make sure to remember this password.

Upload the .PFX File to Azure

Finally, upload the .PFX file to your Azure Secure LDAP configuration.

1. Navigate to your Azure domain (domain.com) in the Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
   
2. Upload the .PFX file you generated earlier and provide the password when prompted.

And that's it! Your Azure Secure LDAP certificate is now updated for another year.