Configuring security

The security configuration files, clientConnect.conf and serverConnect.conf, located in the BASEDIR/smarts/conf directory of each
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software installation, allow you to set up secure connections between the component applications in a
deployment. By default, the configuration option settings in the clientConnect.conf file and the serverConnect.conf files allow minimally secure connections between the components.
An
deployment employing secure communications has the following environment variables set to the same value in each component application’s BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/runcmd_env.sh file:
SM_INCOMING_PROTOCOL=[1,0 or 2,0 or 3,0] SM_OUTGOING_PROTOCOL=[1,0 or 2,0 or 3,0]
For example:
SM_INCOMING_PROTOCOL=2,0 SM_OUTGOING_PROTOCOL=2,0
If you decide to configure client tools, you also need to create a secure connection between the
Global Console
and the
Global Manager
. To do so, you need to modify the clientConnect.conf file in the BASEDIR/smarts/conf directory in the
installation area for the
Global Console
. Client tools are described in “Configuring client tools for VoIP Availability Manager” on page 70.
The
presents detailed information about
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secure communications.