Configuring the Content Platform Engine server to do host validation

After you configure the Content Platform Engine server to encrypt data and do SSL server authentication, you can configure the Content Platform Engine server to do host validation for the IBM® Content Search Services server.

To configure the Content Platform Engine server to do host validation:

1. Start IBM Administration Console for Content Platform Engine if you did not already do so:
   1. On any computer, open a browser and navigate to the IBM Administration Console for Content Platform Engine logon page:
      • In a standard availability environment, the logon page is at http://CPE_Server:port/acce. CPE_Server is the name of the system where Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is the HTTP port that is used by the application server where Content Platform Engine is deployed.
      • In a high availability environment, the logon page is at http://virtual_server:port/acce. virtual_server is the name of the load balancer or proxy server where the clusters of Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is the port number of the load balancer or proxy server.
      
   2. Log on as the gcd_admin user.
2. In the navigation pane of Administration Console for Content Platform Engine, expand your FileNet® P8 domain. Within the domain, expand the folders Global Configuration > Administration > Text Search Servers and click the icon of one of the text search servers.
3. In the details pane, click the name of the text search server, scroll to the Communication Security section, and select the following check boxes:
   • Enable use of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
   • Validate the SSL server certificate
   • Validate the SSL certificate host
4. Repeat these steps for the other text search servers in your domain.