How to configure Tomcat for SSL with a certificate from a Certificate Authority

Technique

Product: WebFOCUS Application and Enterprise Editions

Release: 8205

Primary OS: Windows

Solution Date: 2019-12-27

Problem

How to configure Tomcat for SSL with a certificate from a Certificate Authority.

Solution

Here is a sample of how to configure the listener port in Tomcat. The configuration settings here are for the server.xml file in the /Tomcat/conf/ folder:

<Connector SSLEnabled="true" acceptCount="100" clientAuth="false"

  disableUploadTimeout="true" enableLookups="false" maxThreads="25"

  port="443" keystoreFile="{filename.pfx}" keystorePass="*****" keystoreType="PKCS12"

  protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" scheme="https"

  secure="true" sslProtocol="TLS" />

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