CA SiteMinder® Federation Standalone Guide › SSL Administration for Federation System › SSL Administration for the Apache Web Server and the UI

SSL Administration for the Apache Web Server and the UI

Enable SSL 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 Administrative UI.

The embedded Apache web server lets the federation system 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 that is issued by the Certificate Authority (CA).
3. Activate SSL in the Administrative UI. Locate the settings in Infrastructure, SSL Configuration.

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