When you open the Model development environment
in the Firefox browser, if the certificate is not issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA), it
will block the access and display the error: Did Not Connect: Potential Security
Issue.
About this task
You can add the hostname to access the Model development environment as a security exception in the
Firefox browser.
Procedure
- Click the Advanced… button on the error page, to view the
details.
- Copy the hostname including the port number to the clipboard.
For example,
copy 127.0.0.1:8080 from the statement Firefox does not
trust 127.0.0.1:8080 because its certificate issuer is unknown….
- Navigate to the Settings page in the Firefox browser.
- Select the Privacy & Security page to view the
configuration.
- In the Certificates section, click View
Certificates....
- In the Certificate Manager window, click the
Servers tab.
- Click Add Exception....
The Add
Security Exception window appears.
- In the Location: field, paste the hostname that you copied to the
clipboard.
- Click Get Certificate.
- Click Confirm Security Exception.
The
Add Security Exception window closes and the hostname that you added appears
in the servers list.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
What to do next
Refresh the web page in the Firefox browser or click Model development in
the MLz UI navigation menu to access
the Model development environment.