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Access Service Manager on a web service client through an F5 HWLB in SSL Offloading mode

This section describes how to access Service Manager on a web service client through an F5 HWLB in SSL Offloading mode.

Prerequisites

Before you begin this process, you must create the client certificates and private keys, as described in Configure an HWLB for SSL offloading.

Note You do not need to configure SSL on the server.

Create a new project in SoapUI

To access Service Manager on a web service client through an F5 HWLB in SSL Offloading mode, follow these steps:

  1. Start the SoapUI tool and click New project.
  2. Type a name for the project in the Project Name field.
  3. In the Initial WSDL/WADL field, type http://<SM Server IP>:<SM Server Port>/SM/7/ChangeManagement.wsdl.
  4. Click to select the Create Requests option, and then click OK.
  5. Right-click RetrieveChangeList and select New request.
  6. Type a name for the request.
  7. Click File > Preference > SSL Settings.
  8. Navigate to the <client FQDN>.keystore file.

  9. Type clientkeystore as the password, and then click OK.

  10. Modify the request as follows:

    <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns="http://schemas.hp.com/SM/7">
    <soapenv:Header/>
    <soapenv:Body>
    <ns:RetrieveChangeListRequest attachmentInfo="?" attachmentData="?" ignoreEmptyElements="true" count="2" start="0">
    <!--1 or more repetitions:-->
    <ns:keys query="planned.start=NULL">
    </ns:keys>
    </ns:RetrieveChangeListRequest>
    </soapenv:Body>
    </soapenv:Envelope>
  11. Click Authenticate.
  12. Type falcon as the user name.

  13. Replace http in the URL with https. For example, set the following URL:

    https://<FQDN of the HWLB virtual server>:<Port of HWLB virtual server>/SM/7/ws.