Configure Truststore in Tomcat

Question

I have a Java servlet currently running on Tomcat 7 (Windows) and it connects to a SQL Server database. I now need to encrypt this connection and I have a public Key SSL ce

Answer 1

Incase anybody else is having this question, here is what I did:
1. Navigate to \tomcatDirectory\bin\
2. Edit the catalina.sh/bat depending on you machine.
3. Add these properties to the JAVA_OPTS property

JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=$CATALINA_HOME/certificates/truststore.ks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=truststorePassword -server"

This will essentially tell tomcat to use the specified truststore instead of the default cacerts truststore which tomcat loads if it does not find any truststore specified in the system properties.

Also, I have noticed that it is possible to define the truststore in tomcat's main configuration file server.xml. All you have to do is set these properties in the connector property.

Try it out, Hope it helps!