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

configuration/README.md

@@ -59,3 +59,17 @@ To support execution in a simulated environment, V2X-Hub is in the process of in
 * **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).
+
+### Access V2X-Hub 
+To access V2X-Hub UI, either chromium or google-chrome browser can be used by running the following commands:
+```
+chromium-browser --ignore-certificate-errors <v2xhub_ip>
+```
+or 
+
+```
+google-chrome --ignore-certificate-errors <v2xhub_ip>
+ ```
+
+> [!NOTE]  
+> V2X-Hub Server uses a secure WebSocket connection to communicate with the browser. For this, V2X-Hub Server uses a self-signed certificate instead of one signed by a trusted certificate authority (CA). Most of the browsers do not trust this until explicitly told to do so by navigating to 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 manual 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**.

configuration/initialization.sh

@@ -148,5 +148,4 @@ fi
 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 &