Set up Service Account

To set up the service account on Active Directory Certificate Services:

  1. Create Service Account as mentioned in the Section, Create Service Account.

  2. Type lusrmgr.msc in the command prompt to open the Local Users and Group manager.

  3. Click Groups.

  4. Right-click the IIS_IUSRS group and select Properties.

  5. Right-click the Administrators group and select Properties.

  6. Click Add, and enter <YOURCOMPANY\waep-service> in the Enter the object names to select text box, and click OK.

  7. Enter an account that belongs to the Domain/Enterprise Admin group, and click OK.

  8. Open the command prompt with Admin permissions.

  9. Set the service principal name for the service account by running the following command as admin: 
    setspn -s HTTP/<winaepserver or server name>.yourcompany.com <waep-service>
    Make sure to replace the server <FQDN> and account names with your own configuration.
Note:

  • If you are using a single service account and performing this installation on a single host (the waepserver host), ensure to run only the setspn command once.

  • If you have a service account created that is part of the domain, then ensure that it has access to the Cert Publishers group and they are a member of the local admin group on the CEP/CES or policy server.