By default, the S3 object agent service uses HTTPS to secure communications between the
object agent and the object clients. The HTTPS protocol helps to optimize security because it
requires object clients to handle the TLS certificate appropriately. Alternatively, you may
configure the object agent service to use HTTP. Before you configure HTTP, consider the potential
risk. If you configure the object agent service to use HTTP, the object communication between the S3
client and the object agent will be unencrypted.
Procedure
Optional: To configure the object agent service to use HTTP, take the following
actions:
- Locate the configuration file from the following
directory:
instance_home_directory/
object_agent_namewhere
instance_home_directory is the instance directory where server was formatted. For
example, /home/tsminst1, and object_agent_name is the name
of the server in uppercase letters that was defined in the Operations Center, or with the DEFINE
SERVER command.
The configuration file name has the following
structure:
spObjectAgent_
yourObjectAgent_
yourPort.config,
where
yourObjectAgent is the name that you specified for the object agent and
yourPort is the specified port.
- At the end of the configuration file, add the following
line:
agentprotocol=http
- Restart the object agent by using the following command:
For Linux or
AIX:
"/opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/spObjectAgent" service stop server_name
"/opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/spObjectAgent" service start server_name
where service_name comprises of the following syntax:
spoa lla_port
object_agent_name
For example, spoa9000OBJECTAGENT