Steps to apply SSL certificate to BDRSuite Backup Server & Offsite DR Server

Purpose

This KB article assists users with the steps to apply the SSL certificate to BDRSuite Backup Server & Offsite DR server.

Solution

Note: These instructions are given based on the assumption that you have already created your certificate and key files.

BDRSuite Backup Server - Windows

Step 1: Navigate to the location below and change the names of the existing files as below:

 Location: <BDRSuite_Installation_location>\apache\conf\ssl
 Example: C:\Program Files\Vembu\VembuBDR\apache\conf\ssl

 Existing Filename: HttpSSL.crt
 New Filename: HttpSSL_old.crt

 Existing Filename: HttpSSL.key
 New Filename: HttpSSL_old.key

Step 2: Rename the SSL certificate files as given below:

< filename >.crt file as 'HttpSSL.crt’

< filename >.key file as 'HttpSSL.key'

Then, move the renamed certificate files to the location mentioned below:

 Location: <BDRSuite_Installation_location>\apache\conf\ssl
 Example: C:\Program Files\Vembu\VembuBDR\apache\conf\ssl

Step 3: Restart the BDRSuite Apache Web Server.

• In the BDRSuite Server, press the 'Win + R' keys on your keyboard to open the 'Run' window. Then, type 'services.msc' and click OK.
• Restart the service “BDRSuite WebServer”

BDRSuite Backup Server - Linux

Step 1: Navigate to the location below and change the names of the existing files as below:

 Location: <BDRSuite_Installation_location>/sgchroot/apache/conf/ssl
 Example: /home/vembubdr/Vembu/VembuBDR/sgchroot/apache/conf/ssl

 Existing Filename: HttpSSL.crt
 New Filename: HttpSSL_old.crt

 Existing Filename: HttpSSL.key
 New Filename: HttpSSL_old.crt

Step 2: Rename your SSL certificate files as given below:

< filename >.crt file as 'HttpSSL.crt’

< filename >.key file as 'HttpSSL.key'

Then, move the renamed certificate files to the location given below:

 Location: <BDRSuite_Installation_location>/sgchroot/apache/conf/ssl
 Example: /home/vembubdr/Vembu/VembuBDR/sgchroot/apache/conf/ssl

Step 3: Go to the BDRSuite Installation location and Restart the BDRSuite Apache Web Server using the following command:

 /usr/sbin/chroot sgchroot /apache/bin/httpd -k restart

To launch HTTPS Web console URL from Vembu BDR Tray (For Windows only):

1. Edit 'SGTrayBranding.conf' file and update the 'WCProtocol' attribute value as 'HTTPS'. The path of file is: < BDRSuite_Installation_location >/Vembu/VembuBDR/conf/SGTrayBranding.conf
2. Edit 'config.inc' file and update value of '$SG_HTTPS' as 1 from 0. The path of file is: < BDRSuite_Installation_location >/Vembu/VembuBDR/htmlgui/conf/config.inc
3. Once the above-mentioned changes are made, the landing page will be loaded as a HTTPS page.