To enable SSL in Perl scripts, you need to install the Crypt-SSLeay package.
You can download the package from http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-SSLeay/.
Perl scripts can use SSL in their web service calls by using https instead of http
in the proxy definition.
Note: To ensure that API scripts will continue to operate
under the higher security implemented in Address Manager v3.7.1 and later, the
following conditions must be met:
- Perl version must be v5.12 or later.
- When enabling SSL, you must access Address Manager using the same host name that is defined by the
SSL certificate, not the IP address or other canonical names. If you cannot
use that host name, you need to add the following line to the beginning of
the script to avoid the API call failure due to the difference in host name
as part of request and
certificate.
$ENV{'PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME'} = 0;Note: This line will disable the validation of SSL certifications for the context of the execution.