The default settings are for users looking to install a regular (non-wildcard)
certificate on their local IIS instance.
Choose N in the main menu to create a new certificate with default
settings.
Choose how you want to determine the domain name(s) that you want to include in
the certificate. This can be derived from the bindings of an IIS site, or you
can input them manually.
A registration is created with the ACME server, if no existing one can be
found. You will be asked to agree to its terms of service and to provide an
email address that the administrators can use to contact you.
The program negotiates with the ACME server to try and prove your ownership of
the domain(s) that you want to create the certificate for. By default the http validation mode is picked,
handled by our self-hosting plugin. Getting
validation right is often the trickiest part of getting an ACME certificate. If
there are problems, please check out some common issues.
After the proof has been provided, the program gets the new certificate from
the ACME server and updates or creates IIS bindings as required.
The program remembers all choices that you made while creating the certificate
and applies them for each subsequent renewal.