Changing TLS settings
Change TLS Settings is a utility under Platform Administration. This utility configures secure communication including defining
the server certificate to use for the platform.
Prerequisites: You are working in
The server certificate defaults to the self-signed default certificate. Before you can make secure connections, you need to change this certificate to the server certificate that you
created. You need to do this for the localhost and for each controller on the network.
Perform the following steps:
- Open a secure platform connection to the controller (port 5011).
- Double-click the Platform Administration utility.The Platform Administration view opens.
- Click the Change TLS Settings button.The Platform TLS Settings window opens.
The window on the left is for the localhost, and that on the right is for a controller.
- Confirm that:
StateisTLS Only.Portis 5011Certificateis the server certificate you created for each platform/station.- The rest of the properties are configured at their defaults.