SSL Certification
The IBM Architecture Room LIVE! web server uses HTTPS, and you need to decide which SSL certificate it should use. You can choose one of the following two options.
Certificate configuration
- Use your own SSL certificate. This is the recommended approach for a IBM Architecture Room LIVE! installation that is intended for a
production environment. The connection to the server will be secure and users will not get any
warnings from the browser.
In some instances, you might have to extract the .crt and .key files from the .pfx file, so that the certificate and the decrypted key files are available separately in a plain text format. For more information. see Extracting the certificate and keys from a .pfx file.
- Use a self-signed SSL certificate. You can use this approach if you don’t yet have your own SSL certificate to use. However, in this case users will get warnings from the web browser about the use of a self-signed certificate as the server will not be considered secure.
The IBM Architecture Room LIVE! installation contains a self-signed certificate in <live-install-folder>\lib_server\config. Replace this certificate drlive.crt and drlive.key files with your own self-signed certificate and key. The web server will use that certificate by default.
Port configuration
By default, IBM Architecture Room LIVE! uses the port 443. To change the default port, update the SSL port parameter sslPort:<portnumber> in the <live-install-folder>\user_config.js file.