User manual

Site Management
105
SSL certificate for the main site
If the browser prompts you for your username and password, you have
enabled SSL on the main site of the RaQ 3. The browser prompts you
since this secure connection is in fact a new connection to the RaQ 3.
Generating a certificate for the main site is a special case and causes
three things to happen:
1. SSL is enabled for all RaQ 3 management screens (both server
management and site management).
2. The SSL administration server is enabled for the RaQ 3.
3. The main site certificate request is propagated to all virtual sites
that have SSL enabled but do not have their own certificate request.
Now that you have enabled SSL, you can access your virtual site over a
secure connection at https://<sitename> .
For more information on obtaining an externally signed certificate, see
“Submit the information to an external certification authority” on
page 106.
Conversely, deleting the certificate from the main site removes the
certificate from the virtual sites to which the certificate has been
propagated.
Enable the administration server for SSL
The Cobalt RaQ 3 supports secure administration. The certificate
generated for the main site is also used for secure administration.
Therefore, to enable secure administration on a virtual site, generate a
certificate for the main site on the RaQ 3 (if this has not already been
done.)