how to make https conncetion with Tomcat ???

Any help is appreciated...thanks

To setup HTTPS on Tomcat5 I followed the steps below. A useful link for this information is http://mindprod.com/jgloss/keytool.html.

1. Generate the certificate

   %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA
   (The default password for the keystore is "changeit". )

2. Self sign the certificate

   keytool -selfcert -alias tomcat

3. Export the certificate to file

   keytool -export -alias tomcat -rfc -file mytomcatcert.cer

4. Import the certificate into the CA certs store

   keytool -import -keystore %JAVA_HOME%\jre\lib\security\cacerts -alias tomcat -file mytomcatcert.cer

5. Add HTTPS connector to server.xml, pointing to the .keystore file

<Connector acceptCount="256"
   clientAuth="false"
   debug="0"
   disableUploadTimeout="true"
   enableLookups="false"
   keystoreFile="D:/Tomcat5/conf/.keystore"
   keystorePass="changeit"
   maxSpareThreads="512"
   maxThreads="150"
   minSpareThreads="50"
   port="443"
   scheme="https"
   secure="true"
   sslProtocol="TLS"/>

at the web page http://mindprod.com/jgloss/keytool.html, I can't see some text there... why??

I think you can't see the text because you have a comma at the end of the url. Try this:

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/keytool.html

After you setup https, to connect, just browse to:

https://localhost

Hi,

I've been struggling with installing a real certificate for Tomcat 5 and saw your postings. Why do you add the root to the jre cacerts file and then point the keystore to .keystore under Tomcat5?

I've followed instructions in the Wrox books and still cannot get my browser to work - something about "no common encryption algorithm".

HTTPS works fine is I generate a self generated certificate. Comments?

Thanks