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Configure AMS for Secure Network Communication

The Asset Management System (AMS) lets you view discovered and owned data for an asset that has been linked through reconciliation. After you install the AMS, which requires that you install the Java Development Kit (JDK) before you start the CA APM installation, the component is configured for non-secure network communication (http). To configure the component for secure network communication (https), you first configure the Apache Tomcat server (where AMS is installed) to support the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Then, change a setting for the AMS component in the web configuration file.

Note: For information about configuring the Apache Tomcat server for the SSL protocol, see the Apache Tomcat documentation.

To configure AMS for secure network communication

1. Verify that the Apache Tomcat server (where AMS is installed) is configured for SSL.
2. Restart the Apache Tomcat server.
3. On the CA APM web server, navigate to the following folder:

   [ITAM Root Path]\Web Server
   

4. Open the web.config file with a text editor.
5. Locate the following statement:

   <add key="AMS" value="http://server_name:non_ssl_port/AMS/login.do" />
   

6. Modify the following statement to change http to https and to replace the non-secure port number (non_ssl_port) with a secure port number.

   <add key="AMS" value="https://server_name:ssl_port/AMS/login.do" />
   

7. Save the changes to the web.config file and close the file.

   AMS uses secure network communication.

Note: Subsequent updates to the web server configuration through System Configuration in the product overwrite the changes you make in this procedure.