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Securing Communications Between the Siebel Web Client and Actuate Active Portal

You can use SSL to secure communication between the Siebel Web Client and the Actuate Active Portal. To make sure that communications occur between the Siebel Web Client and Actuate Active Portal using SSL, you must:

• Configure the Actuate HTTP Service for Active Portal to communicate over SSL. For information on how to configure SSL for the Actuate HTTP Service, see your Web server documentation.

  After you complete this task, note the port number that you configured for SSL communication on the Actuate HTTP Service (default port number = 8443). You require this number when you configure the Siebel application that communicates with the Actuate Active Portal.

• Configure Siebel Business Applications to communicate with Actuate Active Portal using SSL.

  The following procedure describes how to configure Siebel Business Applications to communicate with Actuate Active Portal using SSL.

CAUTION:  If you enable SSL for communication between the Siebel Server and the Web server, and between the Siebel Web Client and the Web server, then you must enable SSL for communication between the Siebel Web Client and the Actuate Active Portal. If you do not, you cannot run Actuate reports.

To configure Siebel Business Applications to use SSL

1. Log in as an administrator.
2. Navigate to the Administration - Integration screen, then the WI Symbolic URL List view.
3. From the visibility filter, select Host Administration.
4. In the Virtual Name field, query for rshost.

   This query retrieves the record for the Siebel Reports Server.

5. In the Name field enter the host name of the Actuate Active Portal and the Actuate Active Portal port number.

   For example, enter sdc4500i076:8443 where sdc4500i076 equals the host name of the Actuate Active Portal and 8443 equals the Actuate Active Portal port number.

   The Actuate Active Portal port number is the number that you configured for SSL communication on the Actuate HTTP Service. For information on how to configure SSL for the Actuate HTTP Service, see your Web server documentation.

6. Step off the record to save changes.
7. From the visibility filter, select Symbolic URL Administration.
8. In the Name field, query for *Reports*. *Reports* is case sensitive.

   The query retrieves records for the symbolic URLs.

9. In the URL field of each record, change the protocol from http to https.

   For example, change

   http://rshost/acweb/newrequest/do_executereport.jsp

   to

   https://rshost/acweb/newrequest/do_executereport.jsp.

   NOTE:  If you use symbolic URLs to specify how HTTP requests to external applications are to be constructed, it is recommended that you use SSL to ensure the communication is secure.

10. Log out of Siebel Business Applications.