PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS

PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS Keyword

9.7A

PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS={ ip | url[:portnum] } (Required if SSL used)

This keyword is required to create a secured listening socket for the PL/B Web Server that allows PL/B Web clients to logon and execute PL/B programs using a SSL connection.

The {portnum} is optional and defaults to a value of ‘8082’ if it is not specified.

This secured listening socket connection requires that the HTTPS protocol messages are used by industry standard web browsers.

Examples:

PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1

Uses default port number of 8082.

PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:8082

Uses current server system IP address and sets the port number to 8082.

PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS=192.168.1.106:8082

Used current system IP addresses and sets the port number to 8081.

Note the following:

1. Both the PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS and PLBWEB_ADDRESS keywords can be specified together in the same PLBWEBSRV INI configuration file. When both keywords are specified, two logon listening sockets are created where one is used for secured socket connections and the other is used for unsecured socket connections. Each of these listening sockets must have a different\unique port number.

2. If only one keyword is specified as PLBWEB_ADDRESS or PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS, only one listening socket is created to provided either unsecured or secured socket connections.

3. The Sunbelt PWS server is a standard web server just as Apache or IIS and as such no data encryption or compression is done by default. This is same as if you were using an HTML form and interfacing to a web server. If you desire an secure connection, you must use SSL which the Sunbelt PWS supports when the PLBWEB_SSL_ADDRESS is configured.