MDE security

MDE can be configured so that it operates over a secure channel.

Security is set up for MDE by creating a secure connection to a Dashboard Application Services Hub hosted service.

The basic requirements of a secure MDE environment are

  • Dashboard Application Services Hub server, with Dataview installation
  • MDE deployment
  • JRE installation for MDE

Enabling MDE security

To use the MDE over a secured channel:

  1. Download the security certificate from the Dashboard Application Services Hub server.
  2. Add the security certificate to the local JRE keystore.
  3. Specify the secure port number when you are running the MDE from the command-line interface.

    It is the standard port that is used for secure access, requiring the certificate to be available on the client workstation.

    Note: By default it is 16316, but it can be changed at the time of installation.