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VH 1314 - Allow V2X-Hub Web UI browser access without self signed certificate warning acceptance #622

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* **V2XHUB_IP** – Environment variable for storing IP address of V2X Hub.
* **INFRASTRUCTURE_ID** – Environment variable for storing infrastructure id of V2X Hub.
* **SENSOR_JSON_FILE_PATH** – Environment variable for storing path to sensor configuration file. This is an optional simulation environment variable that allows for setting up simulated sensor for a V2X-Hub instance. Example file can be found in the **CDASimAdapterPlugin** tests [here](../src/v2i-hub/CDASimAdapter/test/sensors.json).

### Open V2X-Hub in Google Chrome
To open V2X-Hub in Google Chrome, run this command:
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This is the wrong command since we use chromium below. We can offer this as an option of the user has google chrome instead of chromium. A note explaining why we do this may be useful. Something link

Note

V2X-Hub Server uses a secure WebSocket connection to communicate with the browser. V2X-Hub Server uses a self-signed certificate instead of one signed by a trust certificate authority (CA) for this secure connection, which most browsers will not trust until explicitly told to do so by navigating the the WebSocket URL (https://<v2xhub_ip>:19760) and accepting the risk . The --ignore-certificate-errors option instructs the browser to ignore certificate errors and warnings which removes manually effort of accepting this risk on V2X-Hub deployments. Using the browser with this option enabled to access the internet or any other application is not advised as it is a security risk

```
google-chrome --ignore-certificate-errors localhost
```
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cd "$mysqlDir" || return # return in case cd fails
./add_v2xhub_user.bash

chromium-browser "http://127.0.0.1" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
chromium-browser "https://127.0.0.1:19760" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
chromium-browser --ignore-certificate-errors localhost > /dev/null 2>&1 &
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