Cisco Cisco Collaboration Server Dynamic Content Adapter
DCA 2.01 Administration and Configuration Guide
About Using SSL with the DCA 132
About Using SSL with the DCA
To share secure content through the DCA, the Collaboration Toolbar must be loaded
via HTTPS (that is, via SSL over HTTP). This in turn causes all content requested
through the DCA to be delivered using HTTPS.
via HTTPS (that is, via SSL over HTTP). This in turn causes all content requested
through the DCA to be delivered using HTTPS.
The property that determines how the Toolbar is loaded resides on the Collaboration
Server. It has only two settings: one that causes the Toolbar to load always in
secure (HTTPS) mode; and one that causes it to load always in non-secure-(HTTP)
mode. Thus, a particular DCA/CCS server combination is either full-time SSL or full-
time non-SSL.
Server. It has only two settings: one that causes the Toolbar to load always in
secure (HTTPS) mode; and one that causes it to load always in non-secure-(HTTP)
mode. Thus, a particular DCA/CCS server combination is either full-time SSL or full-
time non-SSL.
In a full-time DCA SSL configuration, all sessions are conducted in SSL mode
regardless of whether the actual pages requested are secure. Furthermore, to
prevent security warnings, all page resources (including images and other non-text
files) are requested and returned through the DCA (normally, non-text files are
requested and delivered to users directly from the Web content server). To speed
performance, in SSL mode, non-text files are stored and returned to users from the
DCA's Static cache.
regardless of whether the actual pages requested are secure. Furthermore, to
prevent security warnings, all page resources (including images and other non-text
files) are requested and returned through the DCA (normally, non-text files are
requested and delivered to users directly from the Web content server). To speed
performance, in SSL mode, non-text files are stored and returned to users from the
DCA's Static cache.
Configuring the DCA to Use SSL
Configuring the DCA to share secure content using SSL is relatively simple. It
includes these tasks:
includes these tasks:
Step 1: Configure the DCA's Web server software for SSL
Configure your DCA's Web server software by installing an appropriate server
certificate and configuring SSL, as desired.
certificate and configuring SSL, as desired.
Step 2: Configure the DCA Collaboration Toolbar for SSL
Configure the DCA Collaboration Toolbar by setting the value of the
wlServer.dca.DCAPROTOCOL
wlServer.dca.DCAPROTOCOL
property in the wlServer.properties file to
HTTPS. The wlServer.properties file is located on your CCS server.