title: Exporting the SSL certificate with the private Key on windows
body: <p>I am in a process of generating an SSL cert for a domain name.</p>
  
  <p>What I have done:
  Went to the IIS management > Server Certificates and clicked on Create Request. This generated a *.com file with a hash inside it that I submitted to the GoDaddy.
  From GoDaddy I got back a zip with two files: *.crt and *.p7b</p>
  
  <p>I exported the certificate to a *.cer file and uploaded it to Azure, but when I try to deploy the cloud project I get an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Certificate with thumbprint  associated with HTTPS input endpoint
    does not contain private key</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>After reading similar issues on the Internet, I understand that my *.cer file doesnt contain the private key. 
  <strong>My problem is that no matter how I try to export it to a *.PFX, the PFX option is always disabled in the cert export wizard.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Also not sure if it is related, but when I Click on Complete Certificate Request in IIS and select the cert that I got from GoDaddy. I get an error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Cannot find the certificate request that is associated with this
    certificate file. A certificate request must be completed on the
    computer where the request was created.</p>
  </blockquote>