Requesting the Root CA Server Certificate

This allows the DMZ server to trust the Windows Server 2008 R2 CA. This does not need to be done on the OpsMgr management servers because the Windows Server 2008 R2 CA is an enterprise CA and all domain members automatically trust it. If the CA is not an enterprise CA, the steps need to be completed for the management servers as well.

To request and install the root CA certificate on the DMZ server, execute the following steps:

1. Log on to a DMZ server with local administrator rights.

2. Open a web browser and point it to the certificate server, in this case https://cert.companyxyz.com/certsrv. Enter credentials if prompted.

3. Click the Download a CA Certificate, Certificate Chain, or CRL link (shown ...

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