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To make Blocks serve your content over HTTPS you have to add a certificate for your domain and configure Blocks to use it. Follow the steps below:

1. Place the certificate (typically a file ending with .p12) in your PIXILAB-Blocks-root folder (located in the home directory of the user account under which you run the server).
2. Open your Blocks server configuration file.
3. Under server.applicationConnectors, make sure the settings shown below are configured as appropriate for your domain name and certificate.
4. Restart Blocks.

server:
  type: pixilab_server
  applicationConnectors:
    - type: http
      port: 9080
    - type: https
      port: 9443
      keyStorePath: pixi.guide.p12
      keyStoreType: PKCS12
      keyStorePassword: ********
      certAlias: 1

• keyStorePath is the path to the key store which contains the host certificate and private key. May be a relative path if stored under the PIXILAB-Blocks-root
• keyStoreType is the type of the key store used in the certificate, in our case "PKCS12" (aka "p12").
• keyStorePassword is the password used to access the certificate file.
• certAlias is the alias name given to the proper certificate in the file (as it may contain more than one)