How to Switch from HTTP to HTTPS Without Reinstalling

If you did not configure HTTPS when installing Timeline, you can do it later without reinstalling Timeline. To do this:

  1. Go to the computer on which Timeline is installed.
    Note. To perform all activities below, you must be a system administrator of the computer.
  2. Stop the timelinepi service using Services snap-in or open Command Prompt as administrator and use:
    sc stop timelinepi
  3. Open the Timeline installation folder and copy the server.cert and server.key to ssl subfolder.
  4. By default, the Timeline website uses 443 TCP/IP port when using HTTPS.
    You can reassign port numbers. For more information see Set a Different Website Base URL and Port Number for Timeline.
    Then you need to make changes to the appropriate Windows Firewall rules or to the settings of any other firewall that you are using.
  5. Make sure the HTTPS protocol is specified in the BASE_URL variable in the TimelinePI.xml configuration file. Update base_url with a port number in case of the custom port.
    Example: BASE_URL=https://mytimeline.com:30443
  6. Start the timelinepi service using Services snap-in or run Command Prompt as administrator and use:
    sc start timelinepi
  7. Perform a health check.

22.02.2024 17:28:05

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