Allowing insecure access to dashboards ( deprecated)

The Business Space component is configured to be accessed by HTTPS by default. You can change the protocol from the default or back to the default by running a script.

When only HTTPS connections are allowed, any HTTP requests are redirected to HTTPS.

You should require HTTPS communication from the browser to the server when accessing any IBM® Business Monitor user interface. Typically, these user interfaces are available for authenticated users only and authentication credentials are submitted with every request; for example, user IDs and passwords, or the LTPA cookie. These authentication credentials should be protected from eavesdropping and therefore never be transmitted over unencrypted connections. If you have an SSL offloading requirement, see the httpsIndicatorHeader configuration in Web container customer properties in the WebSphere® Application Server documentation.

About this task

This task describes how to change the protocol by running the configBSpaceTransport.py script.

Procedure

If you have a stand-alone server, run wsadmin.sh or wsadmin.bat from the stand-alone_profile/bin/ directory on the server.
- To allow only HTTPS connections to dashboards, enter the following command:
```
wsadmin -user user_name -password password 
        -f install_root/BusinessSpace/scripts/configBSpaceTransport.py -httpsonly
```
- To allow HTTP connections to dashboards, enter the following command:
```
wsadmin -user user_name -password password 
        -f install_root/BusinessSpace/scripts/configBSpaceTransport.py -allowhttp
```
Tip: By default, the command applies to the current server and node. If you want to specify a different location, use the optional -serverName and -nodeName parameters.
If you have a network deployment environment, you must run wsadmin.sh or wsadmin.bat from the dmgr_profile/bin/ directory on the server to update the cluster where the BSpaceEAR application is deployed.
Important: Make sure that the deployment manager is running before you run the script.
- To allow only HTTPS connections to dashboards, enter the following command:
```
wsadmin -user user_name -password password 
        -f install_root/BusinessSpace/scripts/configBSpaceTransport.py -httpsonly 
        -clusterName application_cluster
```
- To allow HTTP connections to dashboards, enter the following command:
```
wsadmin -user user_name -password password 
        -f install_root/BusinessSpace/scripts/configBSpaceTransport.py -allowhttp 
        -clusterName application_cluster
```

Results

The required connection protocol for dashboards is selected.