Configuring the Content Manager Explorer Web site for HTTPS
Connecting to the Content Manager Explorer Web site using HTTPS requires changes in IIS and to various configuration files. When you configure HTTPS, do not remove existing HTTP configurations or bindings; at most, you can reduce them to a loopback-only configuration.
Procedure
- If you use IIS 7.5, do the following:
- On the Content Manager server, navigate to %TRIDION_HOME%\web\WebUI\WebRoot\ and do the following:
- Access the TRIDION_HOME\web\WebUI\Models\TCM54\ directory and do the following:
- Open the web.config file in a plain-text or XML editor.
- Uncomment all the
endpointelements in comments that start with the line<!-- For https, uncomment this. - Save and close web.config.
- Access the TRIDION_HOME\web\WebUI\Models\TCM60\ directory and do the following:
- Open the web.config file in a plain-text or XML editor.
- Uncomment all the
endpointelements in comments that start with the line<!-- For https, uncomment this. - Save and close web.config.
- Access the TRIDION_HOME\web\WebUI\Models\CME\ directory and do the following:
- Open the web.config file in a plain-text or XML editor.
- Uncomment the
endpointelement that is commented out. - Save and close web.config.
- Access the TRIDION_HOME\web\WebUI\core\ directory and do the following:
- Open the web.config file in a plain-text or XML editor.
- Uncomment the
endpointelement that is commented out. - Save and close web.config.
- If you have Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail installed, access the TRIDION_HOME\Outbound Email\Models directory and do the following:
- Open the web.config file in a plain-text or XML editor.
- Search for
WebHttpBindingConfigelement and replace withWebHttpsBindingConfig. - Save and close web.config.
- If you intend to browse the Web site on the server itself, follow the instruction in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 896861 to disable loop checking. Refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861 for details.
- Restart IIS to apply your changes.