WS - Tomcat Deployment Notes





Tomcat Info
Changes Required for HTTPS
Notes
Tomcat-6.0.14
Core(NI) Version
1. Uncomment the connector tag for the https
2. Chnage the port number from 8443 to 9443  in sync with 9090
3. create the keystore using the below command
keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA \
    -keystore <your_keystore_filename>

For  non installed versions -  Using the keystore file from user home directory.  Even if keystore path set in connector path, it is still looking to user home directory only.
Tomcat-6.0.32
Installed Version
1. Uncomment the connector tag for the https
2. Chnage the port number from 8443 to 9443  in sync with 9090
3. create the keystore using the below command
keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA \
    -keystore <your_keystore_filename>

4.  Need to copy the generated keystore file to 
derive folder or copy the ketstore to Tomcat home directory and configure the path in connector tag.
1. Adding/Remove  war file when server started it deploys/undepoy automatically
2. Extracted war file application still work even if war file removed while server stopped.
Note - If tomcat linked with Eclips and started using Eclipse, then it uses keystore file under uner home folder.