Disabling SSL for the cluster management console

The cluster management console is by default accessible over SSL. Enabling SSL communication is highly recommended when integrity and confidentiality of data transmission is essential.

Before you begin

You must be a cluster administrator.

About this task

You can optionally disable SSL for the cluster management console.
Important: You must use the same SSL setting for the cluster management console and the RESTful web servers. If you disable SSL for one, you must disable SSL for the other as well. This setting also takes effect for cloud bursting with host factory. Ensure that SSL for all these functions is configured consistently in the cluster; without a uniform configuration, errors occur. Note, however, that when SSL is uniformly enabled, you can use different certificates and keys as required.

Procedure

  1. Stop the WEBGUI service: 
    egosh service stop WEBGUI
  2. Copy $EGO_CONFDIR/../../gui/conf/server_gui.xml.nonssl to $EGO_CONFDIR/../../gui/conf/server_gui.xml.
    Important: Check for port conflicts in server_gui.xml. Ensure especially that the HTTP port is free and not used by any other service. The HTTP port (specified in the httpPort attribute) for the WEBGUI is by default 8080.
  3. Start the WEBGUI service: 
    egosh service start WEBGUI

Results

The cluster management console is now accessible over HTTP on the default port 8080. For example: http://myhostname.example.com:8080/platform.