If you want to use the safe HTTPS protocol instead of the HTTP protocol described in the previous chapter, you just need to change the URL for starting the PPM front-end as follows.
https://<loadbalancer>:<loadbalancer-https-port>/ppm/html
Example
https://localhost:4443/ppm/html
The HTTPS protocol is already activated in load balancer and can be used without changing the configuration. By default, a signed certificate generated by the load balancer is used for HTTPS support. Most browsers do not support it, however, because it does not contain any valid root certificate of an approved certification authority. The PPM Operation Guide describes how to create a valid certificate for HTTPS support of the load balancer.
By using the HTTPS protocol for load balancer, only loading runtime files and configuration files is secured. The RMI data communication between PPM client server and front-end is not affected by the Web server encryption. The PPM Operation Guide describes how to encrypt RMI data communication with SSL, as well.