Set up SSL for Tomcat 5.5 tcnative-1.dll

1. generate certificate

 

keytool -genkey -keyalg RSA -alias tomcat -keystore <keystore_filename>

 

2. open {tomcat_home}/conf/server.xml and uncomment 

 

 

<Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"

               maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"

               enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"

               acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"

               clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" 

keystoreFile="E:/apache-tomcat-5.5.33/tomcat.keystore" 

/>

 

 

3. https://localhost: 8443/

 

Notice: 

 

Problem: cannot open localhost:8443

Solution: try to delete "tcnative-1.dll" file under {tomcat_home}/bin/

 

Problem: untrusted site

Solution: add to trusted site. This is a browser dependent issue.