Enabling HTTPS

To secure communication within Data Collector, enable HTTPS for the following components:

Data Collector: Enable HTTPS for Data Collector to secure the communication to the REST API and to use the Data Collector as an authoring Data Collector in Control Hub.; For Control Hub cloud, an authoring Data Collector must use the HTTPS protocol because Control Hub cloud also uses the HTTPS protocol. For Control Hub on-premises, an authoring Data Collector must use the same protocol as the Control Hub on-premises installation.
Pipeline stages that connect to external systems: During pipeline development, developers can enable specific stages to use SSL/TLS to secure the communication with an external system. For example, if designing a pipeline that writes to a Cassandra cluster enabled for HTTPS, the developer must configure the Cassandra destination to use SSL/TLS to connect to Cassandra.; For information about enabling HTTPS for pipeline stages, see SSL/TLS Encryption.

By default, Data Collector uses the HTTP protocol. StreamSets recommends using HTTPS in a production environment. HTTPS requires SSL/TLS certificates.