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Tomcat6 configured to use SSL does not work

I am trying to setup SSL to my web app and followed tutorial (http://techtracer.com/2007/09/12/setting-up-ssl-on-tomcat-in-3-easy-steps/), then hitting http://localhost:8443 returns "unable to connect"

Environment:

Tomcat6, windows 7

Tomcat6 is up and running, http://localhost:8080 displays tomcat page.

Below is the step I took so far:

1. Generate keystore file

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin>keytool -genkey -alias masatosanssl -keypass masatosanadmin -keystore masatosanssl.bin -storepass
 masatosanadmin

then I answered the questionnaire.

masatosanssl.bin is created and I've moved the file to my webapp dir which is at:

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\head_first\masatosanssl.bin

2. Configuring Tomcat for using the Keystore file

Modify server.xml

Location: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\conf

<Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"
        maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"
        clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" 
        keystoreFile="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\head_first\masatosanssl.bin"
        keystorePass="masatosanadmin" 
               />

Then I restart tomcat and hit https://localhost:8443 returns "cannot display page", I've tried changing server.xml keystoreFile path to relative etc but none seems to work.

What am I missing here?

Solution

  • Try doing it the way described in the Tomcat documentation, not some arbitrary Internet junk.