perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

Thank you for your clear answer.

Problem is the following:
here in ASNET we have policy and procedure for all servers, including SSL
certificates. We where not sure if this procedure is compatible with PS
Apache config, because in the doc we read: "see Apache doc for SSL...".

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On Wed, September 30, 2020 19:18, Mark Feit wrote:
>  writes:
>
>     As far as I understand, question is the following:
>     in the doc we are reading: "list of used ports:... 80, 443, ...)
>     Does it mean, that PS already using 443 for some needs and we can't
> use it
>     for redirect? And possible solution: run virtual server on https but
> on
>     port 440 for example.
>
>     If we can use 443 for redirect, then why it's not default for PS.
>
> 443 is the default for everything in perfSONAR.  80 is open and allows a
> minimal level of anonymous, unsecured access to the web GUI.  Other parts,
> like pScheduler will refuse any request not delivered via HTTPS and some
> others will redirect to 443 automatically.  Port 80 can be blocked and the
> toolkit will function just fine.
>
> My understanding of Arayik's question was how to install a SSL
> certificate, but maybe we should take a step back from the implementation
> so I have better context:  what problem are you trying to solve?
>
> --Mark
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