Question

I just completed the chat application using Java which is working fine .

Now my Team Leader asked me to add the Secure Socket Layer(SSL) in the application.

Without SSL : I used this configuration in server.xml

<Connector connectionTimeout="20000" maxThreads="200" port="8089" protocol="HTTP/1.1" redirectPort="8443" URIEncoding="UTF-8" />

To add SSL : I have added the below code in my server.xml

<Connector SSLEnabled="true" clientAuth="false"  maxThreads="150" port="8090" protocol="HTTP/1.1" scheme="https" secure="true" sslProtocol="TLS"  />

But I am getting the page as Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Can any one tell me how to add the feature ?

Answer 1

1. First you must create a certificate:

   %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA

   (You must choose a password then, “123456” in example)

   After you filled out all the informations you will get a .keystore in your home-directory (C:/Users/tim/.keystore).

2. Remove the Protocol and the sslProtocol from the connector!

3. Add

   keystoreFile="C:/Users/tim/.keystore" 
   

   and

   keystorePass="123456"
   

   to the Connector.

Here we go. Start the server, open the browser and navigate to https:// localhost/