Configuring Apache Tomcat with SSL Certificate

Refer post for Apache Tomcat Installation for installing the apache tomcat

If Apache Tomcat is already installed, Go to conf folder  and open the server.xml file

Go to section

<!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received

         and responses are returned. Documentation at :

         Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking & non-blocking)

         Java AJP  Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html

         APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html

         Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080

  -->   

<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1" 

               connectionTimeout="20000" 

               redirectPort="8443" /> 

Just comment the section as follows

<!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received

         and responses are returned. Documentation at :

         Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking & non-blocking)

         Java AJP  Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html

         APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html

         Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080

    <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"

               connectionTimeout="20000"

               redirectPort="8443" />

  -->  

Now go to section

<!-- 

Define a SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443

         This connector uses the JSSE configuration, when using APR, the 

         connector should be using the OpenSSL style configuration

         described in the APR 

<Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"

               maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"

               clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" /> -->

And uncomment it as follows

<!-- Define a SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443

         This connector uses the JSSE configuration, when using APR, the 

         connector should be using the OpenSSL style configuration

         described in the APR documentation   

 -->

 <Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"

               maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"

               clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" />

Now copy the SSL certificate path and add to attributes keystoreFile and  keystorePass  in connector  tag for ssl

<Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"

               maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"

               clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"

sslProtocol="TLS" 

keystoreFile="C:\Documents and Settings\Narendra\Desktop\testcsr\client.jks"

      keystorePass="test123" />

Deploy any web application and run the apache tomcat server

Now try accesing the web application using following URL

https://localhost:8443/login

Click o Proceed anyway to accept the certificate

When you click on Lock near https in addres bar , following window appears . Click on certificate information , Certificate window will appear. As you can see, Issued to is example.com (the client) and Issued by is sspl.com which is the Certificate Authority .