Set
up SSL Explorer
on SME Server
Author:
Chris
Carr
Contributor:
Release supported:
Tested on e-smith 6.5RC1
License:
Last updated:
Friday, 3 June 2005 10.00 am
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Symac
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Issue:
Set SSL Explorer
on SME Server
Solution: Follow
this
HowTo
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STEP
1: Install
SME Server 6.5
Carry
out standard installation of SME Server
STEP
2: Install of Java 5.0 JRE
Download
Linux
RPM (self-extracting file) version of Java 5.0 JRE from:
Copy
jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin to /root/apps/java on SME Server
Make
this file executable, at
the console
# cd
/root/apps/java
# chmod
a+x
jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin
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Start installation by
extracting rpm from file
#
./jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.rpm
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Type
yes to agree
to the license terms
Run the rpm command on
the
extracted rpm file
# rpm -iv
jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.rpm |
Java
JRE is installed in usr/java/jre1.5_0_02
STEP
3: Install
SSL Explorer
Download
current
version of SSL Explorer (sslexplorer_linux_rpm__0_1_11.zip) from
Extract
and copy sslexplorer_linux_0_1_11.rpm to /root/apps/sslexplorer
Run
the rpm command on this rpm file
# rpm
-iv sslexplorer_linux_0_1_11.rpm
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SSl Explorer will be installed to
/opt/sslexplorer
If you would like SSL Explorer to
be configured as a service, create an empty file /etc/redhat-release
#
touch /etc/redhat-release |
This file identifies that the
operating system is Redhat to the service
install script
Then run the following command
#
/opt/sslexplorer/platforms/linux/install-service |
So that the service will start automatically, a symbolic link to this
service needs to be created in /etc/rc.d/rc7.d
STEP 4: Configure SSL Explorer
Run the SSL Explorer Configuration utility:
#
cd /opt/sslexplorer
#
./setup-sslexplorer
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SSL Explorer will start at the console in configuration mode.
This will show a URL (http://localhost:2080) to use for initial
configuration of SSL Explorer.
Access the web based set up procedure from a browser on a PC on the
local network using the URL http://IP_Address_of_SME_Server:28080
Follow "The Web Based Setup Procedure" in the SSL Explorer Reference
Guide PDF included in the SSL Explorer download.
We configured using the Built-in user database.
In addition you need to change the port for SSL Explorer WEB Server
within Setup/General Options to an unused port, as Port 443 is already
used for HTTPS by the SME Server Web Server. We used port 28081.
Shutdown SSL Explorer from the Web browser
STEP
5: Start SSL Explorer
Either:
If you installed SSL Explorer as a service type:
#
service sslexplorer start |
You
can check that the SSL Explorer service has started by:
#
service sslexplorer status |
Or:
Run SSL Explorer in console mode, type:
Troubleshooting
tip: -
If SSL Explorer does not start as a service, first verify that it will
run in Console mode.
We
found that SSL Explorer would not run as a service because a Java path
had not been correctly
created in the wrapper.conf file in
/opt/sslexplorer/conf
We amended a line in wrapper.conf from:
wrapper.java.command=testing
JVM in /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02... /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/bin/java
wrapper.java.command=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/bin/java
The service then started correctly.
STEP
6: Complete Configuration of SSL Explorer
At a
PC on the local network use a browser to go to URL:
Login with username admin
and chosen
password to complete configuration of SSL Explorer