Using CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager › Change Server Communication Protocol

Change Server Communication Protocol

By default, CA ARCserve Central Applications use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for communication among all of its components. If you are concerned about the security of passwords that are communicated between these components, you can change the protocol being used to Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). When you do not need this extra level of security, you can change the protocol being used to HTTP.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where the application is installed using an administrative account or an account with administrative privileges.

   Note: If you do not log in using an administrative account or an account with administrative privileges, configure the Command Line to run using the Run as Administrator privilege.

2. Open Windows Command Line.
3. Do one of the following:
   • To change the protocol from HTTP to HTTPS:

     Launch the "changeToHttps.bat" utility tool from the following default location (the location of the BIN folder can vary depending upon where you installed the application):

     C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Central Applications\BIN
     

     When the protocol has been successfully changed, the following message displays:

     The communication protocol was changed to HTTPS.
     

   • To change the protocol from HTTPS to HTTP:

     Launch the "changeToHttp.bat" utility tool from the following default location (the location of the BIN folder can vary depending upon where you installed the application):

     C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Central Applications\BIN
     

     When the protocol has been successfully changed, the following message displays:

     The communication protocol was changed to HTTP.
     

4. Restart the browser and reconnect to CA ARCserve Central Applications.

   Note: When you change the protocol to HTTPS, a warning displays in the web browser. This behavior occurs because of a self-signed security certificate that prompts you to ignore the warning and proceed or add that certificate to the browser to prevent the warning from coming back in future.