Establish Server Connection for HTTPS

Configure Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) for secure network communication with Viewing.

Perform the following procedure to establish a server connection for HTTPS.
  1. Open the server.xml file in a text or XML editor.
    The server.xml file is found in the drive where Tomcat is installed. Typically it is found in the location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat x.0\conf\server.xml
  2. In the server.xml file, enter the following lines under the section <service name =”Catalina”>: <Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true" maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false"keystorePass="<password for certificate>" sslProtocol="TLSv1.2" />
  3. Enter the password used for creating certificates under the attribute <password for certificate>.
  4. Save and close the server.xml file.
  5. Start the Apache Tomcat Properties window.
    To open the Apache Tomcat Properties window, right-click the tomcat <version>W.exe, where <version> indicates the version of Apache Tomcat, and select Open.
  6. Select the Log on tab in Apache Tomcat Properties window.
  7. Select This Account and enter windows user domain account and password.
  8. Click Apply and click OK.
  9. Start Apache Tomcat services.
  10. To verify the functioning of HTTPS in the client machine, enter the URL https://<machinename>:8443/I4V in the browser.
    Where <machinename> is the IP address of the host machine.
  11. Enter the user credentials.