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Introduction

Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.

In this tutorial:

As the server administrator, you configure SSL security for Enterprise Server.
You create an HTTPS listener and you install the server certificate and private key file that you created in the previous tutorial.
As an Enterprise Server user, you connect to the server from a Web browser. You install the CA's root certificate in order to access Enterprise Server.
Typically, you rarely need to install CA root certificates. These are already configured for most trusted Certifying Authorities.

Note:

You must have completed the previous tutorial, Requesting and Issuing Server Certificates before you can run this tutorial.

In this tutorial, you configure the ESDEMO server to use secure communications. ESDEMO is created by the Enterprise Server installation. Within an enterprise server, you can create listeners for different kinds of communication.

One of ESDEMO's default listeners is HTTP Echo. This listener provides a simple test of Web communication. When a Web browser connects to HTTP Echo, the listener responds by sending a simple Web page with some identifying details.