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Jakarta-Tomcat & Other Java Based Web Servers

Installing your SSL Certificate / Web Server Certificate / Secure Server Certificate from RapidSSL.com

Firstly when your issuance email arrives your server certificate will be contained within the email.

1. Copy your web server certificate into a text editor such as notepad and save as yourdomain.cer on a Windows machine with IE 5+.

The following certificate installations must be executed in the stated order.

You will need to download either the FreeSSL or RapidSSL root CA certificate:
Download - RapidSSL Root Certificate (Base-64 encoded X.509)
Download - FreeSSL Root Certificate (Base-64 encoded X.509)
Download and rename root.cer

1. Import the appropriate root certificate file using:

$ keytool -import -trustcacerts -keystore my.kdb -alias root - file root.cer

With my.kdb being your keystore.

2. Import the yourdomain.cer file using:

keytool -import -trustcacerts -keystore my.kdb -alias tomcat -file yourdomain.cer

With my.kdb being your keystore.

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

<Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
port="443" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
enableLookups="true"
acceptCount="100" debug="0" scheme="https" secure="true"
useURIValidationHack="false" disableUploadTimeout="true">

<Factory
className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteServerSocketFactory"
clientAuth="false"
protocol="TLS"
keystoreFile="my.kdb"
keystorePass="YOUR_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" />

</Connector>