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SSL Certificates

By default, a self-signed certificate encrypts and decrypts the messages between components. VSE also uses this certificate when recording https:// style web traffic. The certificate is in the LISA_HOME\webreckeys.ks file.

When you set the default protocol to SSL and you do not change anything else, you use an "internal DevTest" certificate. All DevTest users (not only your organization) share this internal certificate. Using this certificate encrypts the network traffic, but it does not prevent an unauthorized user from connecting to your simulator on a public cloud. To prevent this type of unauthorized access, use your own certificate. You can also continue to use the "well-known" DevTest certificate, but enable access control.

If you want to use your own certificate, you can override the certificate keystore by specifying the following properties:

lisa.net.keyStore=/path/to/keystore.ks
lisa.net.keyStore.password=plaintextPassword

The first time DevTest reads the plain text password, it converts the password to an encrypted property:

lisa.net.keyStore.password_enc=33aa310aa4e18c114dacf86a33cee898