Create a self-signed certificate

SolarWinds offers a PowerShell script to create a self-signed certificate suitable for AppInsight for Exchange. This can be found at: Self-signed Certificate PowerShell script for AppInsight for Exchange. If you choose not to download this script, you can create your own self-signed certificate with the following instructions and code:

1. To create a self-signed certificate using PowerShell and CertEnroll, open PowerShell in the Run as Administrator context.
2. Enter the following code:

3. Configure AppInsight for Exchange by clicking Configure Server.

   The CN (Subject) should be in the following format: "<IP Address of Server>_Solarwinds_Exchange_Zero_Configuration"
   For Example: "10.199.15.106_Solarwinds_Exchange_Zero_Configuration"

$name = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CX500DistinguishedName.1"
$name.Encode("CN=TestServer", 0)

$key = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CX509PrivateKey.1"
$key.ProviderName = "Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider"
$key.KeySpec = 1
$key.Length = 1024
$key.SecurityDescriptor = "D:PAI(A;;0xd01f01ff;;;SY)(A;;0xd01f01ff;;;BA)(A;;0x80120089;;;NS)"
$key.MachineContext = 1
$key.Create()

$serverauthoid = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CObjectId.1"
$serverauthoid.InitializeFromValue("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1")
$ekuoids = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CObjectIds.1"
$ekuoids.add($serverauthoid)
$ekuext = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CX509ExtensionEnhancedKeyUsage.1"
$ekuext.InitializeEncode($ekuoids)

$cert = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CX509CertificateRequestCertificate.1"
$cert.InitializeFromPrivateKey(2, $key, "")
$cert.Subject = $name
$cert.Issuer = $cert.Subject
$cert.NotBefore = get-date
$cert.NotAfter = $cert.NotBefore.AddDays(3650)
$cert.X509Extensions.Add($ekuext)
$cert.Encode()

$enrollment = new-object -com "X509Enrollment.CX509Enrollment.1"
$enrollment.InitializeFromRequest($cert)
$certdata = $enrollment.CreateRequest(0)
$enrollment.InstallResponse(2, $certdata, 0, "")