Installation Guideline: SSL Certificates on Tomcat Server

SSL - Secure Socket Layer is a security Protocol. SSL Certificate is a digital signature. SSL Certificate is also known as Public Key Identity certificate. SSL is a protocol for securing communication between a web browser, and web server. Whenever you access a web server using https, the page you are sent is encrypted, and any information you send to that server is also encrypted.

Install Root CA Certificate

1) Download your SSL Certificates from SSL Certificate Authorities like RapidSSL, Thawte, GeoTrust or VeriSign.
2) Use the Primary and Secondary Intermediate CA contents into a text file. (Use a text editor - Notepad or Vi.)
3) Primary Intermediate CA (file name as primary_inter.cer)
4) Use the below control to import this Certificate in the keystore:

keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias primaryIntermediate -keystore (your_keystore_filename) -file primary_inter.cer

5) For the Secondary Intermediate CA, (file name as secondary_inter.cer)
6) Use the below control to import this Certificate in the keystore:

keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias primaryIntermediate -keystore (your_keystore_filename) -file primary_inter.cer

Install the SSL Certificate

SSL CA email your Certificate. Use an attachment file(Cert.cer). Copy and paste it into a text file.
Use the below control to import your SSL Certificate:

keytool -import -alias -keystore (your_keystore_filename) -trustcacerts -file (your_certificate_filename)

configure the SSL in Tomcat with server.xml

1) Close the Tomcat Server, when it is running. While it is started, Changes to the file /conf/server.xml are read by Tomcat Server.
2) Open the file < NPJBMK _HOME>/conf/server.xml in a text editor.
3) Detect the following section of code in the file. Remove comment tags around the Connector entry. The comment tags that are to be removed.
4) Save and restart Tomcat server