Configuring the Agent & Zones for HTTPS

Once certificates have been configured as described in the preceding section, the final step to enabling HTTPS is to change the Agent's transport protocol and zone settings.

Transport Protocol Settings

When the Agent runs in Push mode, it establishes an HTTPS port to listen for incoming traffic sent by the Zone Integration Server. The transport protocol and port settings are configured in the Global Agent Settings dialog box.
Follow these steps to set the transport protocol to HTTPS:

1. Start the Agent if not already running.
2. Click on the PowerSchool Console icon on the system tray to open the Console.
3. From the main menu of the Console, choose File > Agent Settings.
4. Click the Transports node in the tree.
5. Select HTTPS from the "Use this protocol" combo-box.
6. Click the HTTPS tab and verify that the field values are correct. Here you can specify a port number to listen for incoming traffic, change the Agent's keystore and truststore files, and enable Client Authentication. By default, the PowerSchool Agent uses port 60033 for HTTPS connectivity. If another application is using this port you can change it to another value.
7. Close the Settings dialog box and restart the Agent for the changes to take effect.

Zone URL Settings

The Zone Integration Server URL of each zone must match the protocol used by the Agent. For example, if the Agent's transport protocol is set to HTTPS as described in the preceding section, then the URL of each zone must be changed to "https://". Follow these steps for each zone the Agent is connected to:

1. Start the Agent, if not already running.
2. Click on the PowerSchool Console icon on the system tray to open the Console.
3. Select a zone in the main window of the Console.
4. From the main menu of the Console, choose Zone > Zone Settings.
5. In the Zone tree, click on the General node.
6. In the Zone Integration Server tab, verify that the URL begins with "https://" if the Agent is configured to use the HTTPS transport protocol. If you need to change the URL, click on the "Change" button and enter the changes.

When the Settings dialog box is closed the Agent will reconnect to each zone using the new URL.