Tutorial: Securing the WebCenter Portal Spaces Connection to Content Server with SSL Trusted Certificates (Doc ID 1586233.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 11.1.1.6.0 to 11.1.1.7.1 [Release 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This document shows how to configure the Content Server Connection from WebCenter Portal Spaces to WebCenter Content Server with SSL.

This configuration has being tested with the following releases:

PS6 (11.1.1.7.X)
PS5 (11.1.1.6.X)

This is part of a series of Tutorials for Installing and Configuring WebCenter Portal.

For this Tutorial we will show the installation and configuration process on OEL5 64bit.
A similar process can be used for other Platforms.

Note:
All references to the documentation in this tutorial correspond to P56 (11.1.1.7.0) release.

For previous releases you can find the documentation here:

Oracle Fusion Middleware Documentation

Scope

This document is intended for WebCenter Portal Administrators who need to Configure Webcenter Portal with SSL.

For this configuration we are using Signed Trusted Certificates.

Support for the different products used in this tutorial is provided by different teams. If assistance is needed from Oracle Support, ensure to open a service request for the related Product.

NOTE:

WebCenter Portal Configuration is supported by the WebCenter Portal team.
Configuration of WebCenter Content is supported by the Content Server Team.

This document doesn't replace the formal documentation that can be located here:

Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Portal
11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0)
34 Configuring SSL
34.7 Securing the Spaces Connection to Content Server with SSL
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Content
11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
14 Configuring Providers
14.3 Understanding Content Server Security Providers