Emby Connect + manual connection doesn't work

[piejanssens 3]

Emby connect works on my desktop, in the new app however I can't get logged into my server.

For host I enter 'https://emby.xxxxxx.synology.me' port 443.

This works fine for my desktop or just browsing https://emby.xxxxx.synology.me.

 

[piejanssens 3]

I have a gut feeling that this is due to self signed certificates.

 

Luke, can you please allow self signed certificates for your NSURLConnection (or third party HTTP library)?

[Luke 40095]

Yes it's related to self signed certs. We'll have to look into allowing them.

[piejanssens 3]

Yes it's related to self signed certs. We'll have to look into allowing them.

What's the status? I paid 5€ for the app and still can't use it...

 

 

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[Luke 40095]

Right now you would need a trusted cert on the server and installed on the device. We are not going to continue pursuing workarounds with self-signed certs due to the work required by every single app to handle them. Instead our plan is to revamp the server ssl around LetsEncrypt. I think the end result is going to be great but I can't offer an ETA on it. Thanks.

[piejanssens 3]

Self signed certificates are very common among home server owners. I can't get a signed certificate because I'd need a wildcard domain certificate and that's just too expensive. From experience I know that supporting self signed certificates in iOS is as easy as copy pasting a few lines of code...

 

 

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[horstepipe 377]

hey

here is a workaround which works good for me.

- Create a letsencrypt certificate with the Synology assistant.

- export it

- you'll get 3 files (cert.pem, chain.pem, privkey.pem)

- convert them to .pfx format with

openssl pkcs12 -inkey privkey.pem -in cert.pem -certfile chain.pem -export -out mycert.pfx

- import the .pfx certificate in Emby

 

Regards

[Luke 40095]

Well done!