Enabling SSL in OpManager

OpManager 7 (build 7010 onwards) supports SSL. All the users who have been using version 6 can now migrate to version 7 and enable SSL.

Here are the steps to enable SSL:

1. Stop OpManager Service.
2. Open a command prompt and change directory to /opmanager/bin.
3. Execute the script OpManagerService.bat with -r option as shown below:
   
   OpManagerService.bat -r
   
   This removes the Service entry.
   
   
4. Rename the folder called apache under /opmanager to apache-old.
5. Download the SSL-enabled Apache from the following link:
   
   http://bonitas.adventnet.com/opmanager/12Sep2007/apache.zip
   
   
6. Extract the zip file on /opmanager folder such that a new apache folder is seen under /opmanager.
7. From the command prompt, with /opmanager/bin as the current directory, execute the script ssl_gen.bat. This creates the SSL Certificate.
8. Now, execute the OpManagerService.bat script once again, but with the argument as -i as shown below. This recreates the OpManager Service.
   
   OpManagerService.bat -i
   
   
9. Restart OpManager Service and connect as https://<opmanager host name or IP address>:<port number>. For instance, if the host name is OpM-Server and the port is 80, you will connect as
   
   https://OpM-Server:80