Setting up a secure connection to the Core Service
You can set up a HTTPS connection from a client to ensure secure communication.
About this task
You can configure a secure connection for both NetTcpBinding and WSHttpBinding for Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail user interface clients as follows:
| Step | Description | File location from Tridion root |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Create a domain certificate on your Content Manager Server. | |
| 2 | Modify the application configuration file for the Core Service running as a Windows service (to enable SSL if connecting using NetTcpBinding) | \bin\TcmServiceHost.exe.config |
| 3 | Modify the main application configuration file for the Content Manager Server. | \WebUI\WebRoot\Web.config |
| 4 | Modify the application configuration file for the Content Manager Explorer. | \WebUI\Models\CME\Web.config |
| 5 | Modify the application configuration file for the Content Manager Explorer connecting to the Content Manager using the Core Service. | \WebUI\Models\TCM54\Web.config |
| 6 | Modify the application configuration file for the Core Service running as a virtual directory under the Content Manager Web application in IIS (to enable SSL if connecting using WSHttpBinding). | \webservices\Web.config |
| 7 | Modify the application configuration file for the Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail GUI extension. | \Outbound Email\Models\Web.config |
| 8 | Install a certificate, obtained from a third party Certificate Authority, on machines where clients of the Content Manager are installed, for example, Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail. |