How to auto-fix problems with the Web/REST system service

Bad things happen: you let the certificate expire, you configure the wrong binding, or simply you cut yourself out by applying the wrong security or CORS settings... and you can no longer access the SuperAdmin/Admin UIs. What now? Do you have to uninstall and reinstall everything?

No, don't worry, we got you covered.

In Windows, simply open a CMD or PowerShell as Administrator, change directory to where Syncplify Server! is installed, and type:

.\ss6-webrest.exe repairhttp

In Linux, the equivalent command to be issued in a terminal is:

sudo .\ss6-webrest repairhttp

This will reconfigure the HTTPS stack used by the Web/REST service itself, performing a "best effort" to repair whatever is affecting it, allowing it then to be at least restarted, so that it can be then manually reconfigured by a SuperAdmin.

Up to v6.1.3 the repairhttp command would do the following:

As of v6.1.4, the same command also does the following:


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Created 27 April 2023 13:35:53 by DevTeam
Updated 22 July 2023 00:51:45 by DevTeam