-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Mikusa [mailto:dmik...@gopivotal.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 8:37 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Using SSL with Tomcat
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Jerome A. Wendell <jawend...@suddenlink.net > wrote: > From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawend...@suddenlink.net] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:48 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Using SSL with Tomcat > > > > From: Daniel Mikusa [mailto:dmik...@gopivotal.com] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 2:49 PM > To: Tomcat Users List; jawend...@suddenlink.net > Subject: Re: Using SSL with Tomcat > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Jerome A. Wendell < <mailto: > jawend...@suddenlink.net> jawend...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > > > > I am new to Tomcat, and just recently installed it as a container to > > > run GeoServer. Everything is running fine, but now I have been > > asked > > > to setup GeoServer to run using SSL. An EV Certificate is already > > > installed on the server. > > > > > > Where does this exist? What format is it in? Keep in mind that when > using Tomcat and the BIO (default) or NIO connectors, you'll need a > keystore in either Java Keystore or PKCS12 format. > > > > > > < > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/ssl-howto.html#Prepare_the_Cer > tificate_Keystore> > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/ssl-howto.html#Prepare_the_Cer > tificate_Keystore > > > > Based on the documentation the default port for running Tomcat > > > using SSL is 8443. I have configured the firewall to use port 8443, > > > and edited the server.xml by removing the commenting from the > > > following > > > section: > > > > > > > > > > > > <Connector port="8443" > > > protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol" > > > > > > maxThreads="150" SSLEnabled="true" scheme="https" > > > secure="true" > > > > > > clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" /> > > > > > > > > > > > > I restarted Tomcat, but it is still not listening on port 8443. Is > > > there something else that I need to do to get Tomcat working on port > 8443? > > > > > > > Did you check the logs? It's possible that something failed with your > SSL setup and so it's not listening on port 8443. From your > configuration, I'd guess that it's not able to find your keystore. See the > "keystore*" > > attributes here, specifically keystoreFile. > > > > > > < > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html#SSL_Support_- > _BIO_and_NIO> > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html#SSL_Support_- > _BIO_and_NIO > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using Tomcat 7.0.54 on a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit server. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions are appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Jerome Wendell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Daniel, > > In reviewing the documentation, since I am just using Tomcat as a > container it seems that I should not have to implement SSL as shown below: > > Is there any additional configuration in Tomcat to operate as > described above, or is all of the setup in Microsoft IIS? > If you want to have IIS (or another server like HTTP or Nginx) sit in front of Tomcat then all of your SSL configuration would typically be done in IIS. This results in a request flow that looks like this... Client Browser <-> HTTPS <-> IIS <-> HTTP or AJP <-> Tomcat I know nothing about IIS, so I can't comment on it's setup (although I'm sure others on the list can and certainly will help if needed). Best I can do is point you to the IIS docs for the Tomcat connector. This shows how to setup IIS so that it takes requests and forwards them via AJP to your Tomcat server. http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/webserver_howto/iis.html Dan Dan, Thank you very much for your reply and the information provided. I will review the documentation and see what I need to do. Thanks, Jerome > > SSL and Tomcat > > It is important to note that configuring Tomcat to take advantage of > secure sockets is usually only necessary when running it as a > stand-alone web server. When running Tomcat primarily as a Servlet/JSP > container behind another web server, such as Apache or Microsoft IIS, > it is usually necessary to configure the primary web server to handle > the SSL connections from users. Typically, this server will negotiate > all SSL-related functionality, then pass on any requests destined for > the Tomcat container only after decrypting those requests. Likewise, > Tomcat will return cleartext responses, that will be encrypted before > being returned to the user's browser. In this environment, Tomcat > knows that communications between the primary web server and the > client are taking place over a secure connection (because your > application needs to be able to ask about this), but it does not participate > in the encryption or decryption itself. > > Thanks, > > > > Jerome Wendell > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
