# Pell-Mell on Setting Up a Solid Server on Windows

**URL:** <https://forum.solidproject.org/t/pell-mell-on-setting-up-a-solid-server-on-windows/651>\
**Category:** Become a Pod Provider\
**Created:** [November 22, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/pell-mell-on-setting-up-a-solid-server-on-windows/651 "2018-11-22T09:53:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![gandalfprime](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/gandalfprime/32/62_2.png) [@gandalfprime](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/gandalfprime)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/pell-mell-on-setting-up-a-solid-server-on-windows/651/4 "2018-11-26T08:24:16Z")

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I have not verified your way of making [PKI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_infrastructure) **self-signed** TLS/SSL server certificate and server private key files in the PEM format.

Anyway,

> [@Symptom: Access to Main ("index") Page Denied for Owner's WebID When Setting Up a Solid Server on a Windows Machine](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/symptom-access-to-main-index-page-denied-for-owners-webid-when-setting-up-a-solid-server-on-a-windows-machine/112/21):
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> … java way still needs a conversion to pem so it isn’t the way to go

> [@rimmartin](#):
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> I guess I should fork…

1. Assuming you refer to self-signed public key server certificate in both cases, you generate the keypair in the PEM format on the _java way_. What conversion does _java way_ need then?

2. What do you mean with forking? Fork what?

3. After starting the Solid server, do you encounter the [reference symptom](http://forum.solidproject.org/t/setting-up-a-solid-server-on-a-windows-machine/112/13)?

Note that I am pressed for time at least in the next weeks.

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