topic Re: https access with Android mobile app in Alfresco Archive

https access with Android mobile app

angelus1969 — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:09:34 GMT

Hello,I just installed the Community edition without problems and it's working fine. But from my Android I can't setup a secure connection since the certificate is selfsigned. I can however import the needed certificate into the Android, but I can't seem to find out where the neccesary certificate f

Re: https access with Android mobile app

jm_pascal — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:19:45 GMT

Hello,

Have you tried to look at https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Mobile_for_Android_:_Advanced_Setup_Guide ?

It might helps you.

Regards,

Re: https access with Android mobile app

angelus1969 — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:24:00 GMT

Hello,

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I did a proper search before posting here and I have found and read that website you mention. Like I wrote in the edited post, I did manage to get the certificate out of alfresco and into my phone. This seems to work, because now the error about the certificate is no longer appearing. But now I get the error that the server is 'not reachable', which doesn't make sense because the mobile app can connect with the same servername and credentials if I don't choose https and the port is set to 8080. From a webbrowser (on the same phone) I _can_ access my alfresco server with https and port 8443………

Re: https access with Android mobile app

angelus1969 — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:50:37 GMT

Further testing:

* I tried "Force URL binding", so setting /alfresco/service/cmis instead of just /alfresco. Set https active with port 8443. Result: Server could not be reached.
* I tried "Disable SSL certificate validation". I created an empty file in the said folder. Doesn't make any difference.

Reverse proxy? I'm willing to try, but can't find a definitive how-to to go about this. One says using Apache, another says Ngynx, but I'm running Tomcat as far as I can see…… Help anyone?

Re: https access with Android mobile app

angelus1969 — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:00:49 GMT

BTW, Android apps like 'Freshdocs' _does_ work while using HTTPS/SSL (port 8443 in my case)…. The same goes for 'Business ECM Lite'….. So it looks like the problem lies with the mobile app…..