# Setup security certificate on Pydio Cells running on Windows Server 2019?

**URL:** <https://forum.pydio.com/t/setup-security-certificate-on-pydio-cells-running-on-windows-server-2019/4291>\
**Category:** Pydio Cells\
**Created:** [January 19, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setup-security-certificate-on-pydio-cells-running-on-windows-server-2019/4291 "2022-01-19T14:02:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/guy)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setup-security-certificate-on-pydio-cells-running-on-windows-server-2019/4291/1 "2022-01-19T14:02:53Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am new to Pydio Cells so please have some patience with me 😊, I literally got Pydio up and running yesterday. I went with using it on my Windows Server mostly because I am just much more experienced with Windows Operating Systems and have had bad luck trying to set up other self-hosted cloud storage (Owncloud and Nextcloud) on Linux, I always seemed to hit snag after snag. I know that my ASUS router is encrypted with a Let’s Encrypt certificate and don’t know if that encrypts my Pydio Cells or not. I just know my Pydio Cells uses a self-signed certificate and shows “not secure” unlike my router WAN access. Is there a way to get a Let’s Encrypt or a different free/paid certificate on Pydio Cells using Windows so it accepts the connection as secure when accessing it on WAN? Or can I do it through the cells console in the browser? I am afraid I would break something if I google it or wing it so I will wait for the pros here to give me hand 😃! Any advice or help is much appreciated!

Thank You,

guy

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**Author:** ![charles](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/charles/32/3_2.png) [@charles](https://forum.pydio.com/u/charles)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setup-security-certificate-on-pydio-cells-running-on-windows-server-2019/4291/2 "2022-01-26T09:05:20Z")

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Hi @guy,  
Not very clear if you have a proxy in front of your Cells instance.  
But basically you can use `cells configure sites` to change the TLS configuration of Cells web-facing endpoint. Here you can choose Let’s Encrypt, assuming you do have a proper domain name that points to the Cells instance.  
-c

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**Author:** ![guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/guy)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setup-security-certificate-on-pydio-cells-running-on-windows-server-2019/4291/3 "2022-01-28T19:20:41Z")

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No proxy has been setup. Not sure how to have my domain name point towards the cells instance? Is there a step by step that explains how to do that? Is that related to using IIS manager perhaps?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/2X/6/61f19fa52ec15fd4250db51aea351adba0e831fd.png) [@system](https://forum.pydio.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setup-security-certificate-on-pydio-cells-running-on-windows-server-2019/4291/4 "2022-03-29T19:21:05Z")

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