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SSL Certificate for NAV 2017 web client and mobile apps

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Posted on by Robert50 210

I've seen several posts online about how to generate a self signed certificate for NAV but is that the best way to go in a production environment?  I've noticed the Web URL could be used for a few different purposes: 1. Web Client, 2. Syncing with O365, 3. Mobile Apps.

My initial plan was to set up Certificate Authority on Windows Server 2016 and generate a certificate that way.  I would then distributed it through group policy and mdm.  I'm thinking of keeping the web client behind a VPN.

Here are my questions:

1. Will the mobile apps work behind a VPN with a self signed certificate and without a public FQDN?

2. Is there any reason to have a public domain and real certificate?

3. What are the advantages to generating a cert with my CA over using powershell as seen in the examples online?

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  • Robert50 Profile Picture
    Robert50 210 on at
    RE: SSL Certificate for NAV 2017 web client and mobile apps

    If you connect to a VPN on your mobile device then open the app, it seems like it should work without a domain name and with a self signed certificate as long as the certificate is installed on the mobile device.  I'm not looking to do this but it seems like it would work.

    Really, I'm wondering what is the best practice in setting up the app and web client.  All the examples I've found online so far use a self signed certificate and mention that it's for your development environment so it seems like they aren't recomending that set up for production but I'm not sure.

  • mmv Profile Picture
    mmv 11,465 on at
    RE: SSL Certificate for NAV 2017 web client and mobile apps

    Hi,

    I think, the public FQDN and also the certificate are required for the mobile apps to work.  

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