Introduction

In this tutorial:

As the server administrator, you configure SSL security for Enterprise Server.
You create an HTTPS listener and you install the server certificate and private key file that you created in the previous tutorial.
As an Enterprise Server user, you connect to the server from a Web browser. You install the CA's root certificate in order to access Enterprise Server.
Typically, you rarely need to install CA root certificates. These are already configured for most trusted commercial Certificate Authorities. Organizations which have their own Certificate Authority will also usually ensure their root certificates are installed for their end users. However, if you are using certificates created with the Micro Focus DemoCA tutorials, you will need to install your DemoCA root certificate in your browser.

Note:

You must have completed the previous tutorial, Requesting and Issuing Server Certificates before you can run this tutorial.

In this tutorial, you configure a listener for the ESDEMO server to use secure communications. ESDEMO is created by the Enterprise Server installation. Within an enterprise server, you can create listeners for different kinds of communication.

One of ESDEMO's default listeners is HTTP Echo. This listener provides a simple test of Web communication. When a Web browser connects to HTTP Echo, the listener responds by sending a simple Web page with some identifying details.

Note: Do not use the http-echo conversation type in production. It is intended only for connection testing.