Setting Up Web Application to Work via HTTPS

To improve security, web application work can be set up by HTTPS protocol supporting encryption. To set it up, follow the steps:

  1. Get a trusted certificate that will be used for encryption.

  2. Install the obtained certificate to trusted certification centers:

    1. Open management console (WIN+R) by running the mmc command.

    2. Add a snap-in to certificates for the local computer account (the File > Add/Remove Snap-in menu command).

    3. Import the obtained certificate to the Trusted Root Certification Centers > Certificates folder:

  3. Start IIS manager, at the start page open server certificates:

  4. Import the obtained certificate, select Web Hosting as the certificate store:

  5. In the Connections tree, in the sites section, select the required site, open the list of bindings. Add a binding for the HTTPS protocol, select the added certificate as SSL certificate:

  6. In the PP.xml file with web application settings specify path to BI server via HTTPS protocol and specify DNS name of the web server:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    
<pp>
    
    <service url="https://server.sample.com/fpBI_App_v10.x/axis2/services/PP.SOM.Som" />

    
    <metabase id="fpRepository"/>

    
</pp>

  7. Restart Internet Information Server.

  8. Open the web application specifying HTTPS protocol: https://server.sample.com/fp_App_v10.0/app/welcome.html.

See also:

Web Application Settings | Opening Web Application