Web Application Builder url http/https

[RobertHarris5]

Hi, sorry for the long winded question but here goes...

I have Server 10.3.1 with Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.1. installed behind a firewall.

I have configured ArcServer with LDAP Authentication

I have configured the arcserver web adaptor with anonymous

I have published the portal web adaptor with windows authentication

I created a map in portal. All of the services require https. Very simply, when I create a web application from the map using web appbuilder, it automatically creates a link with an http at the beginning. See below:

http://ourmachinename.ourdomain.local/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=thismapsid (its behind our firewall, I removed any reference to our domain information)

When I initially launch the app, it is an https link.

After the launch, when I view the url it is an http link.  However every time I try to save the new link the changes won't stay. It doesn't matter if I'm logged in as site admin or as myself (Also admin). Basically, I want to share this application as a featured map and app, but when any end user tries to access it they receive a 

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.

You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

Is there a way to override the http setting for the applications?

I'm not a developer, I'm just testing portal configurations on a test box. Hoping to stay OOB as much as possible.

[ShaneApplegate]

Were you ever able to figure out how to resolve this? We are experiencing a similar issue.

We did find a workaround where we removed the portal domain entirely and just left the webapp path.

Example:

Original URL: http://portal.gis.com/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.......

New URL: /portal/app/webappviewer/index.........

When we saved the new URL, it would not change back to http and would allow for users to view the app. However, it is a pain to have to go in and change the URL every time that you create a webapp, so if there was a way to permanently change the URL to https that would be a much better solution.

[RobertHarris5 · Accepted solution]

The solution for us ended up being how we were logging into and creating apps in portal. I was logging in as site admin https://ourserver.ourdomain.local:7443/arcgis/home/index.html   What I did to resolve this was to log in as myself ( https://ourserver.ourdomain.local/portal/home/index.html ), create and configure my map and app. When all was said and done i switched to owner to the site admin account, assigned to groups and the link didn't change. If i need to reconfigure the app, i switch the owner back to me. Not ideal, but it works.