Secure Socket Layer and Certificate Requirements

The Plant Applications Report Server requires a valid IIS server certificate to work in SSL mode. When you access the Report Server across different machines, the certificate should be validated across machines and preferably signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) known to these machines.

During Plant Applications Report Server installation, a Self-Signed certificate is generated and installed with hostname or sitename, by default. But it is highly recommended to install a certificate signed by any trusted Certificate Authority (CA) known to these machines. This can be either Local Domain Issued Certificate if website is accessed only on local network or Internet Certificate Authority Issued Certificate if website is exposed to the Internet.

Following are the steps to install SSL certificate signed by the CA.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select .
  2. Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  3. In the Connections, select your IIS Home page (Computer Name).
  4. Scroll down to IIS section, and then double-click Server Certificates.
  5. Verify that the valid certificates are installed. If the certificate is present, proceed to next step. If the certificate is not present, then perform the instructions for Creating a certificate request, Importing, Completing a Certificate Request, and so on, provided by CA.
  6. In the Connections, expand IIS Home page (Computer Name), and then expand Sites.
    1. Select Default Web Site.
    2. In the right pane, select Bindings from the Actions list.
    3. Select https binding type. Add or Edit the https binding type.
    4. Select the SSL Certificate installed during step 5.
    5. Select OK and close IIS Manager.
  7. Open command prompt window in the administrator's mode, and execute the command: iisreset.