Does Mirth connect 3.6 open source supports HTTP without using SSL manager

Question

I'm trying to setup a free verion of mirth connect 3.6 version for my client . I need to setup an interface with HTTP connector. What are the necessary certificates required to connect over HTTPS . can anyone list out all the checklist certificates .

Mercurialize

Answer 1

No the open source version of Mirth Connect does not directly support SSL.

The means to support SSL in Mirth Connect are:

• MC will natively support SSL for HTTP senders if the recipient presents a certificate chain signed by a root CA trusted by the JVM cacerts
• Use a proxy like stunnel, nginx (Example from the answer here), or Apache in front of Mirth Connect
• Manually manage the Java keystore and truststore used by the JVM running Mirth Connect. Typically done using keytool.
• An open source offering is https://github.com/tonygermano/connect-plugins but it only works for HTTP listeners
• A commercial offering from Zen, https://consultzen.com/zen-ssl-extension/
• A commercial offering from NextGen, https://www.nextgen.com/products-and-services/integration-engine
• Innovar offers an AWS image https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=893b7e01-47a8-4b55-b327-99edb31a7324

This listing is more actively maintained at: https://gist.github.com/jonbartels/8abd121901eb930f46245d9ef0f5710e

Disclaimer - I currently have had connections to all three companies with commercial offerings.

Topcoat

For an example using nginx, see How can I use HTTP Sender to submit a client certificate without the SSL Manager Plugin?. Unless you are submitting a client certificate, you will need to remove the proxy_ssl_certificate lines. – Outstanding