SharePlex 9.1.3 (or later) allows you to use SSL/TLS connections for all network
traffic. If you want to use SharePlex Manager to monitor an instance of SharePlex in
which SSL/TLS is enabled, you can use stunnel. Setup and configure stunnel using the
following procedure.
1- Open a terminal as root or sudo.
2 - Install stunnel using the following command.
yum install stunnel
3- Create a certificate for stunnel.
cd /etc/pki/tls/certs
make stunnel.pem
Answer all the questions to complete the process.
4- Create a config file for stunnel.
cd /etc/stunnel
vi stunnel.conf
5- In the stunnel.conf file, include the following values for the paths to the
certificate and the process ID file and the ports.
; ---
pid = /var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid
cert = /etc/pki/tls/certs/stunnel.pem
[shareplex_port_2100]
; accept == SharePlex Manager will connect to this port number for
discovery/setup
; accept == port is equivalent to 127.0.0.1:12100
accept = 12100
; connect == SharePlex SSL/TLS enabled port number
; connect == port is equivalent to 127.0.0.1:2100;
; if endpoint is remote then specify the remote IP (i.e., 10.0.0.25:2100)
connect = ip_or_hostname_of_the_server_you_are_connecting_to:2100
client = yes
; ---
6 Create an stunnel directory in the var directory.
mkdir /var/run/stunnel
chown nobody:nobody /var/run/stunnel
7 Start stunnel.
stunnel /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
