Opening PDF on IFS when Valance is running in HTTPS

[rdeardorff@spi-ind.com]

We have an app that creates a PDF via an RPG pgm, and then opens the PDF via a URL print widget (as a popup). When running in HTTP, it creates and displays the pdf fine. When running in HTTPS, it creates but does not display the PDF. We use a link that we give to the users rather than just loading it directly in a Valance instance.

https://xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx.com/portal/?app=1106&user=VUSER&password=ABCDEFG1234567898&portal=false&appParams=%7B%221c2vg4h6j5fv34%22%3A%22F8F6F4F7F7%22%7D#17628074013857821

When I take the link, I get a a status 404

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that password messages just started showing up this morning...last week it was not there.

Again, this only happens in HTTPS, not HTTP. Can you tell me if I have a configuration issue where HTTP and access to the IFS is concerned?

[Johnny Major]

If you click on the link on the right of the console for the 404 (Not Found) (starting with "ManuelIbarra2025"), does the path look correct to you?

[rdeardorff@spi-ind.com]

Is this what you are looking for?

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it matches the path when viewed in the green screen

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I am running ? 6.3.20250923.0 in this environment...it 'might' be related to the version rather than HTTPS.

and we are running 6.3.20250910.0 in the HTTP environments where this issue does not occur.

[Johnny Major]

No, I am talking about in chrome developer console base on your original image.

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[rdeardorff@spi-ind.com]

This is what I see when I click on that link.

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Maybe this will help. When the PRINT button is pressed, an RPG call to create the PDF is made, and then the app displays a POPUP print widget to display the PDF (passing the PDFname in an app variable). Also this only occurs for the 'user' type call...when I run it interactively, it works fine (however, I am a QPGMR). I am fairly certain that it is a permissions issue but don't know what to change in the Valence6 configuration to allow permissions to the IFS when running in HTTPS.

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Yesterday we upgraded the test environment to the latest Valence install (6.3.20251117.0), and that did not change anything.

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[rdeardorff@spi-ind.com]

the access to the IFS directory has *Public ALL

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[rdeardorff@spi-ind.com]

Well...thanks for your patience. I found an error in my HTTPS configuration and once I fixed it, that PDF now opens. You can close this ticket