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Scott__Hastings's avatar
Scott__Hastings
Level 5
9 years ago

Convert to https

I need to mofify an existing EV envrinment from http to https. If I do I know I'm breaking all existing shortcuts. How can I mitigate this? Can I accomodate the old http and new https shortcuts? Maybe I can create a redirection web page?

The reason I ask is that I have ~ 440 Million items archived.  Is this possible/practical?

 

Thanks!!

Scott Hastings

Enterprise Vault
Information Governance
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • AndrewB's avatar
    AndrewB
    9 years ago

    from playing around in my lab for a few minutes it looks like it'll come down to how you config IIS to allow both http and https until you're done updating the existing shortcuts. what i did was i changed the site settings in EV to HTTPS, restarted EV, restarted IIS, and ran a sync from the mailbox task. i can still open shortcuts from an outlook client (although it has vault cache so that may not be 100%) and i can still open the "view the original item" which is a regular http link back the EV server.

    now, i cant be 100% how it'll work in your customer's environment so if you have the ability to test on your own it's probably a good idea.

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  • AndrewB's avatar
    AndrewB
    Moderator
    9 years ago

    i wonder if you can do it without breaking existing shortcuts when you change the settings in IIS to add SSL you just dont force it. let me try some stuff in my lab and get back to you

  • AndrewB's avatar
    AndrewB
    Moderator
    9 years ago

    from playing around in my lab for a few minutes it looks like it'll come down to how you config IIS to allow both http and https until you're done updating the existing shortcuts. what i did was i changed the site settings in EV to HTTPS, restarted EV, restarted IIS, and ran a sync from the mailbox task. i can still open shortcuts from an outlook client (although it has vault cache so that may not be 100%) and i can still open the "view the original item" which is a regular http link back the EV server.

    now, i cant be 100% how it'll work in your customer's environment so if you have the ability to test on your own it's probably a good idea.

  • dcVAST's avatar
    dcVAST
    Level 5
    9 years ago

    It would be good if you a way to mitigate this especially with so many items. I've always just used RestoreShortcutBody.

  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    9 years ago

    This might help:

     

    http://thingsilearnedtoday.net/2012/01/18/changing-to-ssl-for-ev/

     

    Essentially it depends on what is inside your current shortcuts.

  • CConsult's avatar
    CConsult
    Moderator
    9 years ago

    I've heared of a customer who had problems with switching http to https, espacially with search functionality. But I am not 100% sure about this, this is what i recall and it was in an older Version of EV.

  • Scott__Hastings's avatar
    Scott__Hastings
    Level 5
    9 years ago

    I apoligize for the delayed response. I tested in my lab:

    1. Configure HTTPS at the site level
    2. Configure IIS for http, but allowing http as well
    3. Was able to open http and https shortcuts
    4. Was able to use the V11 EV search from Outlook. 

    This will allow us to create https shortcuts moving forward and then rebuild the old shortcuts over time.

    Thanks.... If his contadicts anyone's expected behavior, please let me know, 

     

     

  • Scott__Hastings's avatar
    Scott__Hastings
    Level 5
    9 years ago

    Rob, a question for you on your response? 

     

    If you have a link to the message in the shortcut, that will be an http link right? If I restrict the IIS to SSL, then that link in the shortcut wouldn't work, no?

  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    9 years ago

    That's why I replied with the link to my blog.. essentially it depends on your shortcut body. If you have links in them, and force SSL, no they won't work. You'll need to use the registry key to rebuild the shortcuts.