topic Re: Getting security error when opening the server for the first time. in Management & Governance

Getting security error when opening the server for the first time.

laxmanqlik — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:09:36 GMT

hii everyone,

i tired opening the QMC in new browser and its getting an error as shown in the attachment and if i reload the browser its working fine.

but i need top avoid that error

please let me know do i need to provide any certificates to avoid it.

thanks in advance.

Re: Getting security error when opening the server for the first time.

vinieme12 — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:01:19 GMT

Click >> ADVANCED >> continue to website

Re: Getting security error when opening the server for the first time.

Vincenzo_Esposito — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:20:56 GMT

This is not an error, but a warning which allert you're browsing a https site encripted with a self-signed certificate. This is a standard behaviour of all browsers while connecting to any site using a self-signed certificate. The reason for that is to protect you against a kind of attack when you're surfing on a site which pretend to be another.

Since you know the source (cliccking on Advance you should see QlikTech AB), you can decide wheter to trust or not on it.

To avoid this issue you have 3 solutions:

1) Using http instead https. Changing the proxy settings

2) Importing the certificate as Trusted root in your local client

3) Use a certificate released from a public CA instead self-signed certificate