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SSL Administration for the Apache Web Server and the UI

Enable SSL for Federation Manager for the following purposes:

• Handling federation traffic across an SSL connection.
• Enabling secure communication across the back channel for HTTP-Artifact single sign-on.
• Enabling secured access to the Federation Manager UI.

The embedded Apache web server lets Federation Manager handle SSL federation traffic and secure the back channel for HTTP-Artifact single sign-on. The embedded Tomcat web server allows secured access to the UI.

To enable SSL for the Apache and Tomcat web servers, complete the following process:

1. Create a certificate request for a server certificate.
2. Import the certificate issued by the Certificate Authority (CA).
3. Activate SSL using the UI.

Note: Federation Manager installations operating in FIPS Migrate or FIPS-only modes have FIPS-compatible encryption key algorithms available for certificates.