Sorry to ask a question that has been discussed a few times before, but I cannot find a solution to this issue that works for me!
I have created a new server (CentOS release 6.2) for Alfresco and downloaded and installed the latest released version of Alfresco Community (4.2.c), using the standard installer (from http://www.alfresco.com/products/community).
We would like to use SSL over port 8443, instead of non-SSL over port 8080. I have made LOTS of amendments to the standard configuration files (detailed below).
It was relatively straight forward to get the "Alfresco Explorer" working correctly using SSL, but I have had NO success in changing the configuration to enable Alfresco Share to authenticate.
When I attempt to log on to the Alfresco share (https://alfresco.nbi.ac.uk:8443/share), I see an error message that states: "The remote server may be unavailable or your authentication details have not been recognized." The authentication is working correctly for Alfresco Explorer (https://alfresco.nbi.ac.uk:8443/alfresco), but not for share.
I also see the following message in the (alfresco)/tomcat/logs/catalina.out: "2013-07-11 17:11:42,098 INFO [web.site.EditionInterceptor] [http-bio-8443-exec-12] Unable to retrieve License information from Alfresco: 500"
Please can someone advice whether it is possible to get Share working over SSL?
I have made the following configuration amendments, but to no avail so far!
——————— In <alfresco>/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties change the following: alfresco.context=alfresco alfresco.host=alfresco.nbi.ac.uk alfresco.port=8443 alfresco.protocol=https
Update <alfresco>/tomcat/conf/web.xml Add the following lines at the end of the file (before the </web-app> )
<!– Added to attempt to stop http and force https instead –> <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Protected Context</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </web-resource-collection>
Update /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom.xml Change the "endpoint URLs" from <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url to <endpoint-url>https://localhost:8443/alfresco</endpoint-url (by removing the /s, changing http to https and changing 8080 to 8443)
I couldn't get it to work for me so I just did the apache and the mod_jk route. Tackling alfresco's community version for ssl authentication vs just having apache do it was the difference of a couple of weeks vs an hour of my time.
I am having this exact same problem. Alfresco Explorer works completely fine while share is broken. I do not wish to use the apache mod_jk solution. Can someone help and shed some light on why this is happening?
it should have same path with only changes in port number and https ie https://localhost:8443/alfresco/s. Apart from this file and alfresco-global.properties file no other file requires to be changed and so revert changes made in all other core files under share webapps. alfresco-global.properties file looks fine. you might need to change the port in one more file wqsapi-custom.xml file under extension folder if you have enabled webquick start during installation.
