Disabling the TLS database connection between the search server and the database server

If you need to disable the TLS connection between the search server and the database server, follow these steps.

Procedure

  1. Disable global search.
    1. Log in to IBM OpenPages® with administrative privileges.
    2. Click Open Administration menu Administration menu > System Configuration > Global Search and click Disable.
  2. Disable SSL on the database server.

    For more information, see your database documentation.

  3. On the search server, follow these steps to disable the TLS connection:
    1. If you are using Windows, open a command prompt with the Run As administrator option.
    2. Go to the <SEARCH_HOME>/OPSearch/opsearchtools/ directory.
    3. Disable TLS by running the following command. 
      opsearchtool.cmd|.sh disableSSLDbConn -initiator OPSystem
    4. Edit the file <SEARCH_HOME>/OPSearch/opsearchtools/openpages_search.properties. Change the port number to the non-TLS port that your database server is using: OPSearchTool.DatabasePort = <db_port_number>.
  4. Enable global search.
    1. Log in to IBM OpenPages with administrative privileges.
    2. Click Open Administration menu Administration menu > System Configuration > Global Search and click Enable.

Results

The search server (opsearchtool.jar) now uses a plain connection to communicate with the database.