How to generate IIS7 CSR (for SSL) from C# code or using Powershell on server which IIS is running

Question

How I can generate a server SSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from C#? If PowerShell is a better option, that would be a good solution as well.

Answer 1

Some general pointers:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382488%28VS.85%29.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382820%28VS.85%29.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rsacryptoserviceprovider.aspx
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alejacma/archive/2008/09/05/how-to-create-a-certificate-request-with-certenroll-and-net-c.aspx
• http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/144/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-iis-7/

EDIT - as per comments:

The COM object CertEnroll provided by MS can be accessed via PowerShell...