How to enable HTTPS download from scheduled report email notification

Supported starting : 5.20.1109

By default Boring Toolbox uses HTTP to download scheduled reports from the management server.  If you would prefer to download the reports via HTTPS you can do this with a simple configuration file change.

Note: You will need to provide your own SSL certificate in order to avoid seeing the security warning.

1. Service Host Configuration

• On the management server browse to : C:\ProgramData\The Boring Lab\Boring Service Host
• Open appsettings.json in your favorite text editor
  • Find the section labeled Subscriptions
  • Update GenerateHttpsLinks from False to True
  • It should look like this:

 "GenerateHttpsLinks": true

• • Find 'BoringApiUrl' and update value with "https://{SERVER_ADDRESS}/BoringAPI/"
  • It should look like this:

"BoringApiUrl": "https://theboringlab.com/BoringAPI/",

• Save & Close

2. Live Monitoring Configuration

• On the management server browse to : C:\ProgramData\The Boring Lab\Live Monitoring
• Open appsettings.json in your favorite text editor
  • Find 'BoringApiUrl' and update value with "https://{SERVER_ADDRESS}/BoringAPI/"
  • It should look like this:

"BoringApiUrl": "https://theboringlab.com/BoringAPI/",

• Save & Close

3. Restart AppPool & Services

• Open IIS Manager
  • Start IIS App Pool "BoringLabService AppPool"
• Open services.msc on the management server
  • Start Boring Service Host & Boring Live Monitoring
• You should receive a Live Monitoring summary email
  • Depending on the size of your system, this might take a minute or two
  • If you do not receive the email, make sure the Boring Live Monitoring service has started.
• Set up a scheduled report to verify https address

4. Note

If these settings do not show up in %ProgramData%, you can copy the settings from the install directory (ie: C:/Program Files/The Boring Lab/Boring Service Host/appsettings.json)

• If you're copying from Install Directory, you should copy the entire setting block associated to what you need.