Creating a Security Exception in Internet Explorer
- Last Updated: May 20, 2026
- 1 minute read
- MarkLogic Server
- Version 12.0
- Documentation
If you have not imported the certificate authority for the certificate template into Windows, when you first access an SSL-enabled server with your IE browser, you will receive an error notifying you that there is a problem with this website’s security certificate. You can bypass this security exception by accepting the certificate. For example, if you enable SSL on the HTTP server, App-Services, each host can accept the self-signed certificate as described below.
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Access the server with this URL:
https://gordon-1:8000/Note:
Remember to start your URL with HTTPS, rather than HTTP. Otherwise, the browser will return an error.
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The server responds with a There is a problem with this website’s security certificate notification like this:

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Click Continue to this website (not recommended).
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Enter your MarkLogic Server username and password at the prompt.