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Open Central Admin on SharePoint Server. Go to Application Management, then select Alternate Access Mappings. Select the web app that you want to change to SSL by selecting it from the top right drop-down menu. Edit the default public URL and change HTTP to HTTPS to redirect the site to use SSL.
Does HTTPS have a certificate?
Yes, https requires a SSL certificate. But the protocol doesn’t require a paid certificate from a Certificate Authority, so a self-signed one may be sufficient for internal use.
How to configure the crawler for SSL certificate warnings?
To configure the crawler for SSL certificate warnings Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators Group. In Central Administration, in the Quick Launch, click General Application Settings. On the General Application Settings page, in the Search section, click Farm Search Administration.
How does client certificate authentication work in SSL?
Client Certificate Authentication is a mutual certificate based authentication, where the client provides its Client Certificate to the Server to prove its identity. This happens as a part of the SSL Handshake (it is optional). What is a client certificate?
When a crawler requests a connection to crawl a site, the system generates a warning if there is a problem with the site’s SSL certificate. By default, the crawler does not crawl the site when this happens. For security reasons, we strongly recommend that you do not change this default crawler behavior unless you have sufficient reason to do so.
How is a certificate sent to a client?
The client will then present the client certificate list to the user so that they can select a certificate to be sent to the Server. On the Client the Client Certificates must have a Private Key. If absent, then the certificate is ignored.