Web Publishing Installation Guide

16 FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide
Using SSL and FileMaker Server encryption
Depending on your particular host computer configuration, you can use SSL and FileMaker Server encryption
for security. You can use SSL between the web server host computer and web user’s browsers. You can also
use FileMaker Server encryption between the FileMaker Server host computer and the Web Publishing
Engine host computer. For information on enabling FileMaker Server encryption, see FileMaker Server
Admin Help.
Registering the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker Server
To enable web publishing in FileMaker Server, you must register the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker
Server by using FileMaker Server Admin to specify an:
1 Identifier string that identifies the Web Publishing Engine to FileMaker Server.
1 Optional passcode to make sure that your FileMaker Server only connects to your particular Web
Publishing Engine. Passcodes prevent unauthorized users from using other Web Publishing Engines to
access the databases hosted by your FileMaker Server.
For information on how to register the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker Server, see FileMaker Server
Admin Help.
After registering the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker Server, you must configure the Web Publishing
Engine with the same identifier and passcode. See “Configuring the connection between the Web Publishing
Engine and FileMaker Server” on page 36. To authenticate a connection for web publishing, FileMaker
Server compares the identifier and passcode specified in the Web Publishing Engine with the identifier and
passcode specified in FileMaker Server. If the identifiers or passcodes don’t match, FileMaker Server denies
the connection.
Here is an example of the information you would need to specify in a three-computer configuration:
FileMaker Server
FileMaker Server
Web Publishing Engine
Web Publishing Core
Custom Web Publishing
Engine (CWPE)
Web Server
Web Server Module
Administration Console
The Web Publishing Engine is
registered in FileMaker Server with
“WPE_1” as the Web Publishing
Engine identifier and “Passcode_1”
as the passcode.
The Web Publishing Engine is configured
with 192.168.100.101 as the IP address of
the FileMaker Server host, “WPE_1” as
the Web Publishing Engine identifier, and
“Passcode_1” as the passcode.
WPE_1
Passcode_1
Web server
host computer
FileMaker Server host
computer (192.168.100.101)
Web Publishing Engine
host computer