How to configure SSL (HTTPS) communication for the Ghost Solution Suite Web Console

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

You would like to enable SSL (HTTPS) communication when accessing your Ghost Solution Suite Web Console.  By default this only works over HTTP.

Environment

Release : 3.3

Resolution

This is not officially supported by development at this time and support cannot assist with troubleshooting this.

However, it does appear to be simple enough to do.

The following information was tested using a self signed certificate.  This is fine for testing purposes in a development environment, but it's recommend that you acquire a more secured certificate.

On the GSS server follow the steps from the following website to create a self signed certificate, or use whatever method you like.  How to Create a Self Signed Certificate in IIS

Once the certificate has been created, create a new binding on the default website in IIS:

In this example we left the Host name field blank.  You can fill this in with the FQDN of your GSS server.

Next, on the default website > SSL Settings, we require SSL and accept client certificates.

When done, run an IISReset from an elevated command prompt.

Now you can use HTTPS to access the web console: