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Context

The automatic configuration of Adobe Document Services (ADS) covers basic authentication. If you want to use security-related functions such as digital signatures for PDF forms created in an ABAP environment, you must set up an SSL connection for the secure communication with the ADS Web service (running on the AS Java).

Procedure

  1. Set up SSL on the AS ABAP.

    More information: Configuring the AS ABAP for Supporting SSL (in the SAP Library)

  2. Set up SSL on the AS Java.

    More information: Configuring the Use of SSL on the AS Java (in the SAP Library)

  3. To set up the SSL connection between the ABAP environment and the ADS, proceed as follows:

    1. Import the client certificates into the AS Java (where the ADS are installed) and configure them.

      More information: Configuring the Use of Client Certificates for Authentication (in the SAP Library)

    2. To enable a secure communication with the ADS, change the settings of the system user ADSUser (created within basic ADS configuration) from basic authentication to SSL.

      More information: Maintaining the User's Certificate Information (in the SAP Library)

    3. To provide an SSL connection to the ADS, choose one of the following possibilities:

      • To provide an SSL connection to the ADS used by the system only in case of security-relevant runtime activities, like applying and verifying digital signatures, create a new SSL connection. The targeted use of SSL has a positive impact on the system performance.

        Note that the user ADSUser must have an own password.

        More information: Creating a new ABAP connection for SSL

      • To provide an SSL connection to the ADS used by the system during all runtime activities, adapt an existing SSL connection.

        More information: Changing the existing ABAP connection for SSL