Changing the Portal URL to SSL
Complete the following steps to change the Portal URL to SSL:
Procedure
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Note: Use Administrator credentials to make the following changes onOn your Windows server (system), navigate to .
server 2
(for notations, see Microsoft Windows NT Login Configuration), which is the server having the Discover portal. -
Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager.
The Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager panel opens.
- On the left of the panel, select <Server Name> and select Server Certificates.
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Within Actions, select Create Self-Signed
Certificate.
The Create Self-Signed Certificate dialog opens.
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For the field Specify a friendly name for the
certificate:, type an appropriate name and click
OK. For example,
LiveCert.
The Server Certificates dialog opens listing the new certificate. Exit the dialog.
- On the left side of Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager panel, expand and select Default Web Site.
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On the right side of the Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager panel, select Bindings within the
Actions section.
The Site Bindings dialog opens.
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Click Edit.
The Edit Site Binding dialog opens.
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For the IP address field, type *
(the entry * will not appear and will be replaced by
All Unassigned and click
OK.
The Site Bindings dialog appears.
- Click Close.
What to do next
- Restart IIS.
- Open a browser and prefix the Portal URL with
https://
.If you see the following warning on the page: Your connection is not private, click Advanced. A URL appears at the bottom of the page. Click the URL and the portal opens with the
https
prefix struckthrough.