What appid should I use with netsh.exe?

Question

The netsh command wants an appid (see here) :

netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8000 certhash=0000000000003ed9cd0c315bbb6dc1c08da5e6 appid={00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF} 

I've not been able so far to understand how I'm supposed to know the GUID netsh wants me to provide. Any hints?

Answer 1

I used the Application GUID for my WCF service that is located within the AsseblyInfo.vb (VB.NET) or AssemblyInfo.cs (C#) file of my hosting application (Windows Service) as show below:

<Assembly: Guid("8fbacae2-bd4e-8ef5-b202-1561845dd04f")> 

I used this as the appid parameter for the netsh.exe tool like so:

appid={8fbacae2-bd4e-8ef5-b202-1561845dd04f}

It worked perfectly and my WCF service uses Https via that SSL cert.

Answer 2

If you bind a cert using the IIS GUI (inetmgr.exe), then perform 'netsh http show sslcert', you'll see the AppID of {4dc3e181-e14b-4a21-b022-59fc669b0914}, which is the AppID IIS uses, so it's the appid I use, too.

Answer 3

You can use any valid GUID. It is only used to allow you to identify the binding later.

Answer 4

"It always says Invalid Argument …"

try appid="{7E46BD40-39C6-4813-B414-019AD1122333}"

with quotes.

(Sorry, not direct answer to this question, but this is often first google hit, and a lot of people seem to have this problem. More: "The parameter is incorrect." error using netsh http add sslcert)