How to redirect http request to https in ebs r12

[Mohammed Hamed]

Hello Erman,

We have enabled ssl in our ebs instance, both the protocol and port changed i.e from http to https and port from 8000 to 4443.

Is there any way end user still uses the old url and it internally it points to new url with https and new the port or else all hundred of users need to modify our ebs login url on there side.

Please advise.

Thanks.

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Currently Web Listener not listening over HTTP? Did you check that?

1)I mean http://your_apps_node_hostname:8000 , did you check reaching that url? What happens?

Normally, disabling the HTTP port is an extra step but it is highly recommended ->

See: Enabling TLS in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 (Doc ID 376700.1) - 6.2 Disable the HTTP Port

So if you didn't disable the HTTP port, it should be still accessible.. Please check that..

However, once again -> You may optionally configure Oracle E-Business Suite to disable the HTTP port and use only the HTTPS port. Although this configuration is optional, we strongly recommend that you implement this configuration..

2)So, as for your question, if you disable the HTTP port, you need to modify all the shortcuts used for EBS login url on client tier.. But please answer my first question first..

[Mohammed Hamed]

Yes, i disabled that parameter when i was doing the tls configuration.

this is what i got when i tried to to access the http url with the 8004 for my dev box.

Unable to connect

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at ndevapp.****.us:8004.

[Mohammed Hamed]

I tried uncommenting the Listen %s_http_listen_parameter%  parameter and i hit the http:*****:8004 i see it is changing to https but the port here i changed from 8004 to 4447 .

How can i deal with the port

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Okay if you disabled it, you can only reach the login page using https and the relevant https port. 

21 Nis 2021 Çar 19:57 tarihinde Mohammed Hamed [via Erman Arslan's Oracle Forum] <[hidden email]> şunu yazdı:

Yes, i disabled that parameter when i was doing the tls configuration.

this is what i got when i tried to to access the http url with the 8004 for my dev box.

Unable to connect

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at ndevapp.****.us:8004.

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[Mohammed Hamed]

Is there any other way we can let it redirect to https with 4443 port.  Suppose my end user enters the usual url http://********:8000 and it gets redirect to https://********:4443


If it didn't work then we have let all our 500+ user to modify the url.

Thanks.

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Yes.. You can do that. It is a redirect from http but https.
You can do it by using a web server in front of EBS Web listener, but I don't think this will be good for security..
You already disabled the http port while implementing the SSL configuration.. So now you are requesting a method which is inconsisten with this move..
Alternatively you can ask your network admin / load balancer admin to implement such a configuration, if there is a load balancer between your clients and EBS app nodes.. If there is such a configuration in your env, then this thing(http to https redirect) can also be made on the load balancer side.