Install SSL Certificate Tomcat

Download and copy your certificate files to your server

Download your SSL certificate and support files by clicking on the download link in your fulfillment email or from your GeoCerts SSL Manager account. Download the PKCS#7 formatted version of your certificate.

1. Download the PKCS#7 version of your certificate to your server
2. Use the following command to install the PKCS#7 certificate into your keystore. You MUST use the same keystore used for your private key and CSR.
   keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias tomcat -file your_site_name.p7b -keystore mykeystore.jks
   You MUST you the same alias used when the keystore was created, in this case the alias used was tomcat
3. Enter your keystore password
4. You should get the follow response:
   ... is not trusted. Install reply anyway? [no]:  yes
5. Enter 'yes' and hit Enter.
6. You should get the following response:
   Certificate reply was installed in keystore

Note: When executing the command to import the SSL certificate, you must specify the actual Alias used when you initially created the keystore. If you are unsure of this, run the following command to see the contents of your keystore: keytool -list -keystore mykeystore.jks -v

The SSL Certificate and intermeidate cert are now installed into your keystore.

Configure Tomcat

1. Locate the tomcat config file (example Server.xml), the config filename can be different depending on your Tomcat version or flavour. The config file will need to be updated to reference your keystore file and password.
2. Open the Server.xml file in a text editor (such as vi or notepad)
3. Find the following section of code in the file (try searching for SSL Connector) and remove the comment tags around the connector entry.

   <-- SSL Connector on Port 8443  -->
   <!--
       <Connector
           className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
          port="8443"  minProcessors="5"
          maxProcessors="75"
           enableLookups="false"
          acceptCount="10"
           connectionTimeout="60000" debug="0"
           scheme="https"  secure="true">
        <Factory
           className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteServerSocketFactory"
                  clientAuth="false" protocol="TLS"
                 keystoreFile="insert  path to the keystore here">
                  keystorePass="insert keystore password here">
         </Connector>
     -->
   

4. Update the text in bold with the full path to each file (example "C:/tomcat/bin/certs/mykeystore.jks")
5. Save the Server.xml file
6. Restart Tomcat

Verify Installation

To verify if your certificate is installed correctly, use our Certificate Installation Checker.

Test your SSL certificate by using a browser to connect to your server. Use the https protocol directive. For example, if your SSL was issued to secure.mysite.com, enter https://secure.mysite.com into your browser.

Your browser's padlock icon will be displayed in the locked position if your certificate is installed correctly and the server is properly configured for SSL.

More Info

Apache Tomcat 6.0 SSL Configuration HOW-TO