Configuring Cobra N-Tier to Use Secure Socket Layers

This topic provides information on how to configure Cobra n-tier to use Secure Socket Layers.

Prerequisites

Before you configure Cobra n-tier to use SSL, you must perform the following steps:

1. Close all open Cobra applications.
2. Stop all running Cobra API processes.
3. Stop the Cobra n-tier service.
4. If the firewall is enabled on the Cobra n-tier server, create an inbound rule that permits connections to the HTTPS port to be used with the Cobra n-tier service.

Important: If you plan to use wsHttpBinding in your setup, complete the procedures in the wsHttpBinding Configuration topic before configuring n-tier with SSL.

Steps

To bind a server certificate to the HTTPS port for use with the Cobra n-tier service and configure Cobra to use that port, perform these steps:

1. Obtain the Authentication Certificate Information on the n-tier server.
2. Bind the Windows Server Certificate to the n-tier service HTTPS port.
3. Update the Cobra configuration files to use HTTPS.