Enabling HTTPS on FlexDeploy (Tomcat)

Tomcat by default listens on http port 8000. Follow these instructions to change Tomcat to listen on an https port.

Stop the Tomcat server.

There are a few different ways that customers can get certificates.

Create a Java Key Store to hold your SSL Certificate. You will need to update location to JDK, alias, and give appropriate path for the keystore location. Make sure it is NOT in the apache-tomcat-flexdeploy folder. The apache-tomcat-flexdeploy folder will be cleaned up with each upgrade, so it is important not to place all supporting files in the flexdeploy home folder or another subfolder instead. This example uses /home/oracle for the location.

Import your SSL certificate. You will need to adjust the JDK location, the keystore name, alias name, and the certificate file name.

To generate a self-signed certificate and import into the keystore, issue the following command, adjusting the paths and parameters as necessary.

Edit <FlexDeploy Home>/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/conf/server.xml. Modify the HTTP connector that is listening on port 80 as follows to listen on some port (not 443). Be sure to adjust keystore file path.

In case the certificate is shared in .pfx format the same can be converted to desired jks format using below command

Or, you can use it as is, although it might be more difficult to modify as needed later.

On Unix, privileged ports (less than 1024) cannot be opened by a non-root user. The solution is to forward traffic from 443 to the port used above (8443). As root, update iptable rule to redirect the traffic from 443 to 8443.

Also saving iptables will ensure the setting stays after a unix server restart.

To view the rule after:

You should see:

in the output of the command

Start the Tomcat server.

Test in browser.