I am running into problems setting up SharePoint and it starts with the installation wizard. Let's say I am configuring a 3-Tier farm and have a server named App1.
In my farm, I want all sites to use port 443 and SSL including Central Administration. When I use the wizard and specify the database, I have no option to set the FQDN. and I get a "default " admin site that is something like: http://App1:<random port #>. I can set the port number but that's not the real problem.The real problem is that the wizard uses http://App1 and NOT http://App1.mydomain.com.
Now I can change the bindings/site address to the FQDN after the install and use port 443, but the original name "App1" is hard-coded/stored somewhere.
The problem arises when I try to run an update and then re-use the wizard to try and get the updates to actually be run on all the various databases (why the updates don't actually install themselves fully is a whole other issue). The wizard perpetually resets the administration site to the netbios name format (http://App1:<port#> and RESETS the appropriate FQDN (https://App1.mydomain.com). Additionally, various links in SharePoint seem to get hard-coded the short format too. The problem is that the sort format should NEVER be valid in my farm becase certificates require the proper FQDN. I ALWAYS want SSL!
HOW DO I GET THE WIZARD TO USE MY FQDN? HELP! PLEASE!
