Intranet with ssl

in my LAN i have a linux server with orthanc
i wanted to enable SSL so i don’t get the browser message that it’s not secure.

i followed the guide and enabled SSL, but the browser tells me it’s not secure

Hi,

This topic is not directly related to Orthanc but to SSL certificates in general.

Using a trusted SSL certificate in an intranet is not an easy task at all and we do not have generic documentation for that.

I can only advise you to search for “How to generate SSL certificates to use in an intranet” in your favorite search engine and you’ll realize that it’s not straightforward …

Alain.

https://orthanc.uclouvain.be/book/faq/https.html#overview

but you explain in your description that in a simple intranet I can use point 2.

My suggestion is to use Caddy as a reverse proxy. Caddy can automatically set up trusted ssl certificates from let’s encrypt (provided your installation is accessible on the public internet). Reverse proxy quick-start — Caddy Documentation

I was thinking about ngnix and reverse proxy

Hello,

A self-signed certificate will never be considered as secure by a generic Web browser. If you want to avoid security warnings, you’ll have to buy a true HTTPS certificate that is signed by a certificate authority (you could also use Let’s Encrypt), then put this certificate in a reverse proxy serving Orthanc. Again, the interfacing with nginx is explained in the documentation and this is not an issue specific to Orthanc.

Regards,
Sébastien-

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Certbot is kind of nice once it is setup.

Certbot