Troubleshooting
Failed to add Certificate Templates at the End of the NDES installation
You see an error similar to this:
Resolution
To get around this issue you will need to add the CA certificate under trusted root certification authorities on the NDES server.
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Sign in to the CA server using the domain name,
<domain_name>\Administrator. -
Bring up the
certmgr.mscutility. -
Expand the Trusted Root Certification Authorities under Certificates - Current User in the Left Pane and select Certificates.
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Look for the CA Certificate that you are using and double-click it.
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Select the Certificates tab, and select Copy to File. This will bring up the Certificate Export Wizard. Select Next.
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Select DER encoded binary X.509(.CER) format for the format you want to use. Select Next.
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In the File to Export windows, select Browse and pick a location and specify the file name. Select Save.
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Select Next and then Finish to finish the export of the CA certificate.
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Now you need to import the certificate in the NDES server. Copy the file to the NDES server.
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Sign in to the NDES server using the domain name,
<domain_name>\Administrator. -
Double-click the CA certificated file you just exported.
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Select Install Certificate.
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In the Certificate Import Wizard, select Local Machine then select Next.
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For the Certificate Store, select Place all certificates in the following store, then select Browse.
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Select Trust Root Certification Authorities then select OK.
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Select Next.
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Select Finish, then OK in the Import was successful dialog.
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Select OK to close the Certificate window.
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Now Uninstall NDES and install it again.