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Microsoft IIS – Stop Getting Indexed By Search Engines

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KB ID 0001352 

Problem

If you have a publicly facing website, and you DON’T want it indexed by the major search engines, then this is the post for you. Why would you want this? Well you  might have a development server that you don’t want appearing in peoples search results, or you might be hosting files and folders you want publicly available, but again you don’t want those files and folders showing in peoples Google/Bing search results.

Solution

From ‘Administrative Tools’ open ‘Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager’ > Select the Server > HTTP Response Headers.

Add  > Name = X-Robots-Tag > Value = noindex > OK.

Then from an administrative command window run ‘iisreset’.

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IIS: How to Create a Certificate Request

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Problem

If you would like to obtain a digital certificate either from your own CA, or from a public certificate vendor, you need to submit a certificate signing request (csr) first.

Solution

Note: I’m making the assumption you have already installed the Web Server (IIS) role on your server.

1. Windows Key+R > iis.msc {Enter} > Select the servername > Server Certificates.

2. Create Certificate Request > Fill in the details > Next.

Note: The Common name will be the name on the certificate, e.g. If this certificate is going to secure https://sitea.domain.com then the common name would be sitea.domain.com.

3. Note: For IIS generally 1024 bits will be fine, but I suggest you use a 2048 bit length > Next.

4. Select a location to save the request and give it a sensible name > Finish.

5. Here is your certificate request in PIM format, you can copy and paste this text into your certificate request.

6. Go Here to get a web server certificate.

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