Tomcat 6 ssl setup

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HOW set up Tomcat 6 SSL.txt
How to set ssl in tomcat 6  in JDK 1.6.X
Date: 2011-07-21.
1.run the batch:

set your_machine_name=nca7573609e.hrdc-drhc.net
set your_keypass=password
set your_storepass=password
set jdk_ks_file_pass=changeit
set keystoreFileName=pub_pri_key_pair_cert.jks
echo step 1 -- generate the public/private key pair and self-signed certificate , stores them in pub_pri_key_pair_cert.jks file
keytool -genkey -alias "%your_machine_name%" -validity 3650 -keypass "%your_keypass%" -keystore "%keystoreFileName%" -storepass "%your_storepass%" -dname "cn="%your_machine_name%", ou=WCO, o=ServiceCanada, c=CA" -keyalg RSA


2. in $Tomcat6$/config/server.xml, find the item <Connector port="8443"...., which is commented out. add those below to there:

<Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"
port="8443"
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
enableLookups="true" disableUploadTimeout="true"
acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"
SSLEnabled="true"
keystoreFile="D:\\xyz\\jettyssoKeyCert\\pub_pri_key_pair_cert.jks"
keystorePass="password"
clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" />


Where: 1) keystoreFile: is the file stored in a path: D:\\xyz\\jettyssoKeyCert\\, the name is "pub_pri_key_pair_cert.jks"
   2) keystorePass is the one  from the set your_keypass.
start tomcat, you can access it using: https:localhost:8443.