On a server handling sharing and web serving, can http access be blocked so that all connections are secured through https? Or does Panorama require http?
Web connections are coming in via https so the desire to block http for security is high on the list.
The server built in to Panorama is HTTP only, it doesn’t support HTTPS. But this server is not exposed to the public. Instead all internet traffic is relayed through an external server, most commonly Apache, though I know you are using a different external server (but the name escapes me at the moment).
The external server accepts traffic from the outside world and relays it to the Panorama Server. I imaging you can configure your external server to require HTTPS, though I have no idea how to do that.
When using Panorama with an external server, it’s recommended to enable the Local Connections Only option. When this option is enabled, only other software on the same computer can talk to Panorama server. This allows your external server to talk to Panorama as long as it is running on the same computer, which is the usual configuration. If someone was to run a web browser on that computer, they would also be able to connect directly to your Panorama Server, but presumably no one except you has physical access to that computer. Even other computers on the same local network won’t be able to directly access Panorama Server.
So if you want to block HTTP traffic and only allow HTTPS, that is actually something you need to configure in your external server configuration.
If I’m understanding this correctly then, with Local Connections Only, the server is no longer capable of sharing on the local network. It is in a world unto itself.