Using HTTPS

This procedure describes how to use HTTPS communication between your application and the Spectrum Technology Platform server.

Specify the root CA that will be used for communication between your application and the Spectrum Technology Platform server by doing one of the following:

Option	Description
If you do not know which root CA will be used	Copy the file ca-bundle.pem to your working directory. For C/C++ and COM, and ASP, the .pem file is located in the following folder in the location where you installed the Client SDK: Spectrum Client SDK\ClientAPI\platforms\windows\c-c++\<64>\<version>\lib\openssl For ASP, some examples of a working folder are: If you use Internet Information Services to run ASP, copy ca-bundle.pem to the Windows system directory (for example, C:\Windows\system64). If you use Internet Explorer to run ASP, copy ca-bundle.pem to the Internet Explorer default working directory (for example, C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Desktop).
If you know which root CA will be used	Specify the root CA certificate in your CA bundle file.

Option

Description

If you do not know which root CA will be used

Copy the file ca-bundle.pem to your working directory. For C/C++ and COM, and ASP, the .pem file is located in the following folder in the location where you installed the Client SDK:

Spectrum Client SDK\ClientAPI\platforms\windows\c-c++\<64>\<version>\lib\openssl

For ASP, some examples of a working folder are:

If you use Internet Information Services to run ASP, copy ca-bundle.pem to the Windows system directory (for example, C:\Windows\system64).
If you use Internet Explorer to run ASP, copy ca-bundle.pem to the Internet Explorer default working directory (for example, C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Desktop).

If you know which root CA will be used

Specify the root CA certificate in your CA bundle file.

In your application, when you connect to the server set the connection type to HTTPS.