SSL for EC2 instance with Qlik Web Connector

avastani — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:53:00 GMT

Hi,

has anyone managed to run an AWS instance of Qlik Web Connector over SSL? Would welcome any help.

I have managed to run and bind my connector over SSL but it only works if I am within the EC2 instance, as the certificate is based on Computer Name whereas my AWS instance uses Elastic IP for access externally.

I am using the same certificate that is created by QlikSense installation and skipping the makecert and pvk2pfx steps.

Here's a reference to running the connector over SSL from the old QVSource days

Running Over SSL - QVSource: The QlikView & Qlik Sense API Connector (Docs)

Re: SSL for EC2 instance with Qlik Web Connector

avastani — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:48:16 GMT

Never mind, I solved my own problem, enabled the inbound security group rule to enable 5556 for traffic.

would be great to have a list of outbound rules to be enabled for EC2 instance

Steps followed

1. Bind SSL Certificate;

Check that certificate is not bound already
1. netsh http show sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:5556
2. bind the certificate - netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:5556 certhash=‎(your certificate thumbprint from Certificates snap in in MMC) appid={004FC337-C805-4623-8E5B-B2FCE18F0719}
  1. The Guid above i did not change
3. netsh http show sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:5556 to confirm the certificate is bound

Test on the AWS EC2 instance locally using https://machinename:5556/web

I used Elastic IP for my case and for external machine used http://el.as.tic.ip:5556/web and it worked just like the documentation mentions. Based on browser you can Store the Exception permanently or handle based on your browser design and personal preferences

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