topic Re: Secure WMS over HTTPS in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

Secure WMS over HTTPS

WillHughes1 — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:49:14 GMT

Not sure how to format a secure wms in the Flex Viewer v. 2.5.

The layer tag in the config looks like this:

<layer label="POIS" type="wms" visible="true" alpha="1.0" visibleLayers="Hospitals" version="1.3.0" skipGetCapabilities="true"
url="https://giswebservername/services/maps/WMS?SERVICE=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0" />

This error message pops up below.

Map Manager Message
layer failed to load: Fault code: Channel.Security.Error
Fault info: Security error accessing url
Fault details: Destination: DefaultHTTPS

I can connect to this wms in ArcCatalog.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

-Will

Re: Secure WMS over HTTPS

NeilMartinko — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:59:00 GMT

I just recently started with Flex, so I'm not too experienced, but I'll give it a shot.

First off, your URL looks incorrect...

url="https://giswebservername/services/maps/WMS?SERVICE=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0"

You have too much stuff in it. Delete everything past the question mark. Especially the "request=GetCapabilities"... That requests an XML file of what the WMS can supply, not an image. I think the Flex app adds the service= and version= and other stuff to request the image it needs. That's why you have...

type="wms" visibleLayers="Hospitals" version="1.3.0"

...in the layer definition.

Second, I have no idea if it can do WMS over HTTPS. I'd try making it work with standard HTTP first, then try HTTPS if I really wanted it.

Re: Secure WMS over HTTPS

WillHughes1 — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:18:28 GMT

I forgot to mention in the original post that PKI is enabled as well as SSL. Thanks. It looks like the default behavior of the flex viewer doesn't recognize when a wms is PKI enabled because it doesn't ask for my certificate when I load the viewer.

-Will

Re: Secure WMS over HTTPS

DasaPaddock — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:31:07 GMT

All attributes should be lowercase. See doc at:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Layer_tag/01m30000000p000000/

Re: Secure WMS over HTTPS

WillHughes1 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:58:21 GMT

Has anyone out there figured out how to insert secured wms (AFW-WEBS) into the flexviewer? I can see the wms services from within ArcCatalog, however, the services don't display in the flexviewer. I am pretty sure this is due the wms security since a certificate is required in order to view the services. Initially on load of my flexviewer (on my server) there is a prompt for certificate, however, the flexviewer doesn't prompt for a certificate on loading the secure wms. Is there a way to force trigger prompt for certificate when reading in the secure wms?

Re: Secure WMS over HTTPS

DasaPaddock — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:37:33 GMT

Does it prompt for the client certificate in browsers other than IE?

At the bottom of this page is a workaround for IE that you could try adapting for your WMS server:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/concepts/index.html#/Secured_services/017p00000009000000/