Configure the HTTPRequest or HTTPAsyncRequest nodes to communicate with other applications that use HTTP over SSL.
This topic describes the steps that you need to follow when configuring an HTTPRequest node on a Windows system. The steps that you must follow on other operating systems are almost identical.
To enable an HTTPRequest node to communicate using HTTP over SSL, an HTTPS server application is required. The information provided in this topic shows how to use the HTTPInput node for SSL as the server application, but the same details also apply when you are using any other server application. You specify the appropriate SSL client Authentication key alias field (Key Alias) on the HTTPRequest node or HTTPAsyncRequest node when the server key store contains multiple certificates for the server.
The following message flow creates a generic message flow for converting a WebSphere® MQ message into an HTTP Request:
The message flow is now ready to be deployed to the broker and tested.
To test that the example works, complete the following steps: