Exalead CloudView APIs

The following procedures describe how to enable HTTPS on the Exalead CloudView APIs.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Import your certificate in the keystore, as described in Import an Existing Certificate, otherwise the Exalead CloudView interfaces cannot communicate with one another. For all passwords specified in the procedures below, you can use encrypted passwords. For more information, see Encrypt Passwords in the Exalead CloudView Installation Guide.
See Also
Enable HTTPS for Internal Connections
Enable HTTPS for Exalead CloudView Interfaces
Enable HTTPs for the Mashup UI

Enable HTTPS for the Search API

  1. Go to the API Console URL: http://<HOSTNAME>:<BASEPORT+1>/api-ui.
  2. Click Manage.
  3. Select MAMI master.
  4. Under Configuration, select the setProductSecurity method.
  5. Add the following above <master:IdentityProviderConfig>: 

    <master:SearchAPISecurity serverCertificate="my_certificate" useHttps="true" 
password="my_password" login="my_login"/>...

    Where:

    • my_certificate is the name of the .key file deployed in <DATADIR>/security.
    • useHttps value is true.

  6. Click Save.
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Restart Exalead CloudView.

Enable HTTPS for the Management API

  1. Go to the API Console URL: http://<HOSTNAME>:<BASEPORT+1>/api-ui
  2. Click Manage.
  3. Select MAMI master.
  4. Under Configuration, select the setProductSecurity method.
  5. Add the following above <IdentityProviderConfig>: 

    <master:MAMISecurity serverCertificate="my_certificate" useHttps="true" 
password="my_password" login="my_login"/>...

    Where:

    • my_certificate is the name of the .key file deployed in <DATADIR>/security.
    • useHttps value is true.

  6. Click Save.
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Restart Exalead CloudView.

Enable HTTPS for the Push API

  1. Go to the API Console URL: http://<HOSTNAME>:<BASEPORT+1>/api-ui
  2. Click Manage.
  3. Select MAMI master.
  4. Under Configuration, select the setProductSecurity method.
  5. Add the following above <IdentityProviderConfig>: 

    <master:PushAPISecurity serverCertificate="my_certificate" useHttps="true" 
password="my_password" login="my_login"/>...

    Where:

    • my_certificate is the name of the .key file deployed in <DATADIR>/security.
    • useHttps value is true.

  6. Click Save.
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Restart Exalead CloudView.