[Xymon] HTTPS access to Xymon web pages

[Josh Luthman]

Use Apache to redirect to HTTPS.  Done.  This is what we do.

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 7:09 AM Damien Martins via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com>
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> To: Neil Simmonds <Neil.Simmonds at studio.co.uk>, "xymon at xymon.com" <
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> Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 13:09:20 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] HTTPS access to Xymon web pages
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> Hi Neil,
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> I think you can view it from different points of view:
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> -blocking network traffic that is not HTTPS (using AWS SG & Net ACL)
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> -configure your webserver to allow only HTTPS
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> -configure your webserver to redirect/rewrite requests from HTTP to HTTPS
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> I'm not familiar with Terabithia RPM, but documentation seems to focus on
> Apache HTTP server. If this is the webserver you are planning to use, this
> can be done easily using a permanent redirect on virtualhost's root
> directory:
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> Redirect permanent / https://my_xymon_host.net/ #Replace with the right
> FQDN
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> As you can see, Xymon is not involved at any time, because (AFAIK) this is
> just an engine working in background and presenting the results via HTML
> content, through a third party HTTP/HTTPS server.
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> Hope this help,
> Damien
> Le 16/05/2022 à 12:52, Neil Simmonds a écrit :
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> Hi all,
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> I’m currently preparing to create a new Xymon server on AWS using the
> Terabithia RPM’s and I want to only allow access to the Xymon pages over
> HTTPS. Has anyone done this and can give me some advice?
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> I’m good with setting up the AWS security groups etc and the local
> firewall I’m just not sure how I Would setup Xymon to only show pages as
> HTTPS?
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> Kind Regards,
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> Neil*.*
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> *Neil Simmonds*
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> Senior Platform & Middleware Engineer (Unix).
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