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Enabling the Web crawler to crawl sites by using a self-signed certificate

Question & Answer


Question

Can the Web crawler crawl Web sites that are set up to use self-signed certificates for secure sockets layer (SSL) communication?

Answer

To enable the Web crawler to crawl sites by using a self-signed certificate, add the following line to the ES_NODE_ROOT/master_config/collection_id.crawler_session_id/crawl.properties file:


all_certs_okay=true


You cannot make this change in the enterprise search administration console. You must edit the properties file to make this change and then restart the Web crawler.

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Historical Number

52540;180;000

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21300041