I'd like to manage a IIS server remotely with the IIS Manager. When selecting "Connect to Server" I get prompted for user name and password, which works fine, however I'd like to use a smart card here instead.
Is this at all possible? Should I be looking at the "Client Certificate Mapping Authentication" or is that only for websites, not IIS Manager?
For a workaround you could try to configure that client certificate with remote management service by following below steps:
1.open IIS manager select server node.
2.select management service.
3.ssl certificate.
IIS Manager only support username/password authentication. There is no way to use client certs, Kerberos, or any other auth mechanism for it. And last I checked with the devs, there are no plans to change this.
You might instead look into the IIS Administration portal: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/
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IIS Manager with Smart Card to remote web server?
Jan 10, 2019 04:18 PM|LittleNickey|LINK
I'd like to manage a IIS server remotely with the IIS Manager. When selecting "Connect to Server" I get prompted for user name and password, which works fine, however I'd like to use a smart card here instead.
Is this at all possible? Should I be looking at the "Client Certificate Mapping Authentication" or is that only for websites, not IIS Manager?
Thanks.
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Re: IIS Manager with Smart Card to remote web server?
Jan 11, 2019 09:07 AM|Jalpa Panchal|LINK
Hi LittleNickey,
We could set Client Certificate Mapping Authentication for a site as suggested in this article:
https://support.oneidentity.com/active-roles/kb/225324/how-to-configure-iis-to-leverage-smart-card-authentication
For a workaround you could try to configure that client certificate with remote management service by following below steps:
1.open IIS manager select server node.
2.select management service.
3.ssl certificate.
Regards,
Jalpa.
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Re: IIS Manager with Smart Card to remote web server?
Jan 13, 2019 05:51 AM|mahamr|LINK
IIS Manager only support username/password authentication. There is no way to use client certs, Kerberos, or any other auth mechanism for it. And last I checked with the devs, there are no plans to change this.
You might instead look into the IIS Administration portal:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/
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Re: IIS Manager with Smart Card to remote web server?
Jan 16, 2019 10:50 PM|LittleNickey|LINK
I will definitely look into the IIS Admin Portal, thanks for the tip!