Configure AutomationFX for HTTPS

1.      Create a self-signed certificate and Assign

In order to create a self-signed certificate.

1. Open Windows PowerShell in Administrator Mode
2. Retrieve FQDN to create a certificate

The following command can be used in order to retrieve a fully qualified domain name for the local pc/server.

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry([string]$env:computername).HostName

Once the above command is executed, the command will return fully qualified domain name/s.

3. Create a Certificate with the required DNS name.

The following sample command assumes the FQDN returned by the above command is “mydnsaddress.com”

$Certificate = New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName mydnsaddress.com  -CertStoreLocation "cert:\LocalMachine\My"

$Thumbprint = $Certificate.Thumbprint;

NOTE: The created certificate is stored in $Certificate and the Certificate Thumbprint is stored in $Thumbprint variable

4. Assign the certificate to local endpoint.

netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8182 certhash=$Thumbprint appid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-AABBCCDDEEFF}"

NOTE: The above example assigns the certificate to an application running on port 8182 using the Certificate Thumbprint created in the above step

5. Edit the AutomationFX configuration

Once the above step is completed, open the following file using a text editing tool such as Notepad or Notepad++

For embedded AutomationFX (PhoneView Customers)  installations, the file location will be 

“C:\Program Files (x86)\UnifiedFX\PhoneView\AutomationFX\UFX.AppHost.exe.config”

For standalone AutomationFX (MigrationFX Customers) installations, the file location will be

“C:\Program Files\UnifiedFX\AutomationFX\UFX.AppHost.exe.config”

Add the following configuration key under appSettings section

<add key="ServiceURLs" value="https://mydnsaddress.com:8182"/>

NOTE: The above configuration corresponds to the DNS Name and the Port Number chosen in step 3 and 4.

Once the above steps are completed restart the AutomationFX windows service and browse to https://mydnsaddress.com:8182 for a secure connection.

2.      Assign an existing certificate

A Certificate Thumbprint is required to use an existing certificate.

1. Open Windows PowerShell in Administrator Mode

2. Assign the certificate to local Application port

netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8182 certhash="B4E3F0F41D267BFD74C16416C3B1D9E32C1DB607" appid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-AABBCCDDEEFF}"

NOTE: The above example assigns the certificate to an application running on port 8182 with the Thumbprint “B4E3F0F41D267BFD74C16416C3B1D9E32C1DB607”

3. Edit the AutomationFX configuration

Stop AutmationFX Windows Service prior to this step.

Once the above step is completed, open the following file using a text editing tool such as Notepad or Notepad++

For embedded AutomationFX (PhoneView Customers)  installations, the file location will be 

“C:\Program Files (x86)\UnifiedFX\PhoneView\AutomationFX\UFX.AppHost.exe.config”

For standalone AutomationFX (MigrationFX Customers) installations, the file location will be

“C:\Program Files\UnifiedFX\AutomationFX\UFX.AppHost.exe.config”

Add the following configuration inside appSettings node

<add key="ServiceURLs" value="https://mydnsaddress.com:8182"/>

NOTE: The above configuration corresponds to a sample DNS name “mydnsaddress.com” and the port number 8182 chosen in step 2.

Once the above steps are completed start the AutomationFX windows service and browse to https://mydnsaddress.com:8182 for a secure connection.