topic Re: SSL for NPrinting Sep 2018 in Qlik NPrinting

SSL for NPrinting Sep 2018

socialgeekqv — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 02:43:44 GMT

Hi All,

I'm trying to implement SSL cert on NPrinting following instructions in https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/September2018/Content/NPrinting/DeployingQVNprinting/Installing-ssl-certificates.htm

Can the CN in the SSL certificate purchased from CA contain wildcard?

Many Thanks!

Re: SSL for NPrinting Sep 2018

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 07:15:22 GMT

I don't see why not. A valid wildcard ssl certificate is just a valid ssl certificate. Have you tried it?

Re: SSL for NPrinting Sep 2018

socialgeekqv — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 07:48:02 GMT

I did, couldn't get it to work. According to Qlik help:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/September2018/Content/NPrinting/DeployingQVNprinting/Managing-cert.htm

"An important field is the Common Name (CN), which should be the exact Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the host that you intend to use the certificate with. For example, if the URL of your NewsStand is https://yourcompany.com:4994 the FQND is yourcompany.com (the port is not part of the FQDN). If the URL of your NewsStand is https://www.yourcompany.com:4994 the FQND is www.yourcompany.com and it is different from yourcompany.com so, if you want to use both, you must use two certificates."

Can I generate the private key from the cert provided by CA?

Re: SSL for NPrinting Sep 2018

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:43:31 GMT

Too bad. NPrinting has some quirks that could have been designed better. Guess this is one of them. You'll need another certificate that's not a wildcard certificate. The CA never had your private key so it's also not in the certificate your CA provided. That key should be on the system where you generated the private key and the csr for the certificate.