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SSL tomcat configuration

Hi Experts! Please help out Project deadline approaching

To configure SSL on tomcat, i am done the following(as shown on http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/ssl-howto.html):
WHAT HAVE I ALREADY DONE:
1.)I create a new keystore from scratch, containing a single self-signed Certificate, execute the following from a terminal command line:
2.) I am using jdk5 so no need to download jsse.

3.) my ".storekey" looks as follow:
<Connector port="8443"
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"
acceptCount="100" debug="0" scheme="https" secure="true"
clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"
keystoreFile="C:\Documents and Settings\myName\.keystore"
keystorePass="changeit"/>

MY PROBLEM: I am getting the exception below:

SEVERE: Error initializing endpoint
java.io.IOException: Cannot recover key
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSE14SocketFactory.init(JSSE14SocketFactory.java:127)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.createSocket(JSSESocketFactory.java:88)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.initEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:259)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.init(Http11Protocol.java:137)
      at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteConnector.initialize(CoyoteConnector.java:1429)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.java:609)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.java:2384)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:507)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:528)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:250)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:424)
May 10, 2006 4:13:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
SEVERE: Catalina.start
LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed: java.io.IOException: Cannot recover key
      at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteConnector.initialize(CoyoteConnector.java:1431)

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Acton Wang

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Acton Wang

Actually, you need to issue:

keytool -keypasswd -alias tomcat

then change the key password to "changeit" which is identical to the password for the keystore.

I assumed that you gave password of keystore as "changeit" as you specified in the server.xml.

It should do it.

Ok. Enjoy and be relaxed :)

Acton

komlaaa

ASKER

you are right actonwang. my bad, i did not provide the same password twice during the account setup process.

Your are good

thanks again