Datafox HTTPS Certificate Configuration

Objective

The main objective of this page is to demonstrate how to create a HTTPS configuration for your terminal. HTTPS configuration is more secure, since it encrypts the data being transferred and protecting against phishing attacks.

Prerequisites

  • You are system administrator
  • All other tutorials of the Datafox setup are done
  • You have installed Datafox Studio app
  • You have your Terminal at hand
  • You have access to portal.azure.com

Click Through

  • Start in portal.azure.com (We recommend to use Firefox as a browser for this tutorial)
  • Search for Function App in the search bar
  • Click on the function app that was created for your Datafox integration
  • Under Default domain, click on the URL
  • In the search bar of your browser, click on the lock icon in front of the URL
  • Click on Connection secure (Screenshot)
  • Click on More information
  • Click on Security tab
  • Click on View certificate
  • Click on DigiCert Global Root G2 tab in the new window
  • In miscellaneous section under Download, select PEM (cert) hyperlink (Screenshot)
  • Repeat this process for the tabs *azurewebsites.net and Microsoft Azure RSA TLS Issuing CA 04
  • Go to your downloads
  • Select the files one by one
  • Change the end of each files name from .pem to .cert (Screenshot)
  • Ignore the warning message and click YES
  • Create a new Folder and put only the file you just renamed in it
  • Go to Datafox Studio
  • Click on Configuration
  • Click on Certificates for HTTPS
  • Click on Write certificates files
  • Click on the folder icon (top right)
  • Select the folder where the file was saved (with the name changed to .cert)
  • Click on Transfer (Screenshot)
  • Choose the correct device
  • Click on Perform
  • Click on Close after the operation is done
  • Close the window

Recommendations

  • We recommend to do this configuration on Firefox, because the process is easier.

Result

After this step, the terminal configuration is done.
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