HTTPS on Azure Virtual Machine

Question

I am moving our web site to Azure, running on a Windows Server 2012 VM. I have purchased a wildcard SSL cert from GoDaddy and it has been installed and configured on the VM. I

Answer 1

When I set up the endpoint for SSL, I had checked the box for "Enable Direct Server Return." This setting prevented SSL from working. I haven't come across any documentation explaining why it behaves this way. Removing the endpoint and creating it without direct server return enabled fixed the problem.

Answer 2

Make sure you open up the endpoint for 443 to route it through to your VMs. See http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/common-tasks/enable-ssl/