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Deploying SDL Online Editor on HTTPS

A series of steps that you need to follow to deploy SDL Online Editor on HTTPS. Before you deploy SDL Online Editor, however, make sure that your instance of WorldServer is configured for an HTTPS connection.

About this task

The information in this topic applies only to the following WorldServer versions: 11.3.2 and later.

The following diagram shows a basic deployment setup that has one host machine for WorldServer and one for SDL Online Editor. The WorldServer Tomcat service and the SDL Online Editor services are all configured for an HTTPS connection.A diagram that shows a typical deployment setup with two separate machines.

Procedure

  1. Import your SSL certificate on the SDL Online Editor machine.
  2. Bind the certificate to the port of each SDL Online Editor service.
  3. Copy and extract the SDL Online Editor deployment kit to the root folder of machine where you want to deploy SDL Online Editor.
    For example, C:\chef_solo_ue.
  4. Go to C:\chef_solo_ue\environments and open the chef_solo_env_https.json file with a text editor.
  5. Replace the following variables with their proper values:
    • SDL Online Editor
      • <oe_fqdn> = The fully qualified domain name of the SDL Online Editor machine.
      • <bcm_port> = The BCM Service port.
      • <oe_port> = The Editor Service port.
      • <oe_router_port> = The Editor Service Router port.
    • WorldServer
      • <ws_fqdn> = The fully qualified domain name of the WorldServer machine.
      • <ws_port> = The WorldServer port.
  6. Save and close the chef_solo_env_https.json file.
  7. Start a Windows PowerShell session as an administrator.
  8. Execute the following commands:
    cd C:\chef_solo_ue\utils
    .\script_env_https.ps1

What to do next

Validate your SDL Online Editor deployment.