Implementing HTTPS in a web role
A Microsoft Azure web role can be configured to expose an HTTPS endpoint for a website. This requires an X.509 public key certificate to be uploaded as a service certificate to the Cloud Service and the web role to be configured to use it.
The following steps are used to implement HTTPS for a web role:
- Acquire a public key certificate for the custom domain of the web role
- Upload the certificate to the Cloud Service
- Add the certificate to the web role configuration
- Configure the website endpoint to use the certificate
The use of HTTPS requires the website to be configured to use a public key certificate. It is not possible to acquire a public key certificate for the cloudapp.net domain as Microsoft owns this domain. Consequently, ...
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