Use custom SSL certificates for N-able Backup software-only partner storage nodes

Last Modified

Sat Dec 30 15:38 GMT 2017

Description

  • Use custom SSL certificates for N-able Backup software-only partner storage nodes

Environment

  • N-able Backup

Solution

  1. Create a valid SSL certificate, for example with Comodo or Verisign
  2. Create server.key file
    • put private key of the new certificate into this file
  3. Merge domain certificate with CA bundle into a single server.crt file
    • For Windows storage nodes:
      1. Copy server.crt and server.key to C:\Program Files\CloudStorageNode\nginx\conf, replacing existing files
      2. Restart Cloud Storage Node Monitor service to apply changes
    • For Linux storage nodes:
      1. Copy server.crt and server.key to /opt/iaso-cloud/etc/nginx/ssl, replacing existing files
      2. restart the services with this command in terminal:
        • sudo /etc/init.d/CloudStorageController restart