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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Desired Outcome Goal:
    Encrypting the messages between the browser and the apache server for security reason

    Procedure:
    1. Put the certificates to the $httpd_root/SSLconf/conf

    2. In file $alephe_root/www_server.conf - be sure following definitions are correct:

    setenv server_httpsd "https://<IP>:443"
    setenv server_css_ssl "https://<IP>:443"

    3. Edit $alephe_root/apache/conf/ssl.conf and correct the ssl keys+certificate file locations.

    4. Edit $alephe_root/apache/bin/apachectl and add to the HTTPD command –DSSL

    5. In $alephe_root/apache/bin/apachectl_auto:
    Replace

    $httpd_bin/httpd -d $httpd_root

    with

    $httpd_bin/httpd -d $httpd_root -DSSL


    6. In the file $alephe_root/www_f_eng/login Replace <form method=post
    name="form1"
    action="&server_f">

    with

    <form method=post
    name="form1"
    action="&server_f_ssl">
    <input type="hidden" name="ssl_flag" value="Y">

    and replace
    <input type="hidden" name="func" value="login">

    with
    <input type="hidden" name="login_source" value="$0100">

    7. In the $alephe_root/www_f_eng/login-session file Replace the:

    <form method=post
    name="form1"
    action="&server_f">

    With the :

    <form method=post
    name="form1"
    action="&server_f_ssl">
    <input type="hidden" name="ssl_flag" value="Y">


    8. restart apache (as root) by running $alephe_root/apache/bin/apachectl_auto
    9. restart www_server by using util w/3/1

    Category: Web OPAC (500)

    Subject: Web server (500)


    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013
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