SSL configuration in JBoss

To configure an SSL port with keystore , check the following steps:

1. Generate the keystore with the following command ( using the java keytool command)
keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore NAME_OF_KEYSTORE -validity NUMBER_OF_DAYS
( For more details check the url http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/keytool.html )

2. Copy the file into the jboss/server/<NAME>/conf/ directory

3. Edit the server.xml in the following path
JBoss version 4.0.4 = jboss/server/<NAME>/deploy/jbossweb-tomcat55.sar/
JBoss version 4.2.2 = jboss/server/<NAME>/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/

4. For JBOSS 4.0.4 the SSL-connector should be configured like:

<!– SSL/TLS Connector configuration using the admin devl guide keystore –>
<Connector port=”THE_PORT_YOU_LIKE” address=”${jboss.bind.address}”
maxThreads=”100? strategy=”ms” maxHttpHeaderSize=”8192?
emptySessionPath=”true”
scheme=”https” secure=”true” clientAuth=”false”
keystoreFile=”${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/THE_KEYSTORE_NAME”
keystorePass=”PASSWORD_FOR_THE_KEYSTORE” sslProtocol = “TLS” />

For JBOSS 4.2.2, configure it like this:

<Connector port=”THE_PORT_YOU_LIKE” protocol=”HTTP/1.1? SSLEnabled=”true”
maxThreads=”150? scheme=”https” secure=”true”
clientAuth=”false”
strategy=”ms”
address=”${jboss.bind.address}”
keystoreFile=”${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/THE_KEYSTORE_NAME”
keystorePass=”PASSWORD_FOR_THE_KEYSTORE”
truststoreFile=”${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/THE_KEYSTORE_NAME”
truststorePass=”PASSWORD_FOR_THE_KEYSTORE”
sslProtocol=”TLS”/>

5. Now you should be able to access your application through https. Remember to use https:// instead of http:// in your browser-url, or else it will fail.

6. If you want to disable the non-secured port 8080, comment and disable that connector in the same server.xml.

7. Example for jboss-4.0.5.GA
jboss-4.0.5.GA\server\<application>\deploy\jbossweb-tomcat55.sar\server.xml

<!– SSL/TLS Connector configuration using the admin devl guide keystore –>
<Connector port=”8443? address=”${jboss.bind.address}”
maxThreads=”100? strategy=”ms” maxHttpHeaderSize=”8192?
emptySessionPath=”true”
scheme=”https” secure=”true” clientAuth=”false”
keystoreFile=”${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/my.keystore”
keystorePass=”pwd123? sslProtocol = “TLS” />

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