How to test a SSL web application?

rbuser

Hi,

we want to test a ReportBuilderServer-Application
for a customer's SSL server without buying a certificate.

Is that possible? What is to do?

Kind regards
Joachim Engel.

nardmoseley

You might search the web and google groups to determine whether you can get
a temporary certificate that can be used for testing.

What is the goal of the test?

There is not much difference in use HTTP and using HTTPS. To implement SSL
you need a certificate installed to IIS and you need to configure the IIS
virtual directory(s) to require SSL. Once implemented then URL's for
resources residing in the directory will require the use of HTTPS rather
than HTTP.

From a RB Server point of view, you have to configure the WebTier to use
HTTPS rather than HTTP. There is no special programming logic involved.

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Tech Tip: Configuring the WebTier to use HTTPS
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Configuring the WebTier to use HTTPS can be accomplished using one of the
options listed below. The property editor by default does not allow https to
be specified. (This needs to be corrected in a future release.)


Options:


1. configure the WebTier.IniSettings to load the https params from an .ini
file

OR

2. Use the web module OnCreate event to code something like this:

rsWebTier1.HTTPPrefix := 'https://';

rsWebTier1.WebCachePath := 'https://localhost/rbWebPub/Cache/';
rsWebTier1.WebModuleURI :=
'https://localhost:8081/rbWebDebug.CoRBWebDebug';








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Digital Metaphors Corporation
www.digital-metaphors.com