SSL Certs, SSL Certificate, SSL CertificatesSSL Certificates

Securing Your Online Business

Jakarta Tomcat

  1. Setup your attributes in your server.xml file - should look like this:

    <!-- Define a SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on Port 8443 -->

    <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector" port="443" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" enableLookups="true" acceptCount="100" debug="0" scheme="https" secure="true" useURIValidationHack="false" disableuploadTimeout="true">

    <Factory className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteServerSocketFactory" clientAuth="false" protocol="TLS" keystoreFile="C:\.mykeystore" keystorePass="password" />

    </Connector>

  2. Startup Tomcat either from the Start Menu in Windows or the Command line by going to your Tomcat Bin directory and typing in Startup.bat or Catalina run

    Confirm you can use the self signed cert by typing in https://locahost

    Go into the Tomcat Admin screen https://localhost/admin/index.jsp

    Click on Connector (443) under the Tomcat Standalone Service
    Confirm you are using the keystore location and filename you have specified.

    Keystore Filename: C:\.mykeystore

Now you may begin steps to enroll for a Entrust SSL Certificate.