File Access Manager Website SSL

The File Access Manager website is not affected by general SSL settings.

Setting the File Access Manager website to use SSL is not required but is recommended.

To use SSL for Website communications, perform the following steps, complete the following steps:

Install a certificate on the same server as the File Access Manager page (preferably with the same certificate criteria described above).
Open Internet Information Services Manager (inetmgr).
Navigate to the Default Web Site, and select Bindings on the panel to the right.
Select Add.
Select HTTPS on the Type dropdown menu.
Select Select on the SSL Certificate dropdown menu to use a trusted certificate, preferably one from your organization.
Select OK.
Select Close.

A manual update must be made in the DB to reflect the website URL. Run the following SQL query:

update [whiteops].[system_configuration_value] set [value] = replace([value],'http','https') where [name]='Web Site URL'
Set the "requireSSL" flag and SSL port in the configuration file.

File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\siqApi\SiqApi.dll.config

<add key="requireSSL" value="true" />

true: require SSL

false: regular http protocol

<add key="sslPort" value="443" />

ssl port: Change this value if you want to change the default
When securing cookies, ensure the following is in each web.config file for v1, v2, and siqapi.

<httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="true" requireSSL="true" />”

The web.config files are located at:
- V1 - "{website root folder} \identityiqfam\v1\web.config"
- V2 - "{website root folder}\identityiqfam\v2\web.config"
- SiqApi - "{website root folder} \siqApi\web.config"
The default installation path for File Access Manager IIS application is “C:\inetpub\wwwroot”

To make browsing to the page using HTTPS mandatory, perform the following steps: