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Configure SSL with a Self-Signed Certificate

Follow these steps:

1. To generate a self-signed certificate, from the command line, run the following command:

   $JAVA_HOME\bin\keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore keystore
   

   On UNIX, make sure that the directory in which you generate the keystore file has appropriate permissions.

   Note: For more details about specifying a different keystore file location, see the Tomcat documentation.

2. Answer the prompts appropriately.

   Note: Both passwords should be the same.

   File 'keystore' is generated.

3. Copy the generated keystore file to the following directory:

   Install_dir\config\
   

4. Edit the server.xml file located in the following directory:

   Install_dir\product\ServerAndUI\plugins\catalina.start.osgi.config.fragment_1.0.0\ conf.
   

   1. Uncomment the following SSL connector:

      <!-- Define a SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 -->
      

   2. Modify value for 'keystorePass=' with password used in Step 2:

      <Connector
       port="8443"
       scheme="https"
       secure="true"
       clientAuth="false"
       keystoreFile="${catalina.home}/config/keystore"
       keystorePass="<user defined password specified in keystore file>"
       sslProtocol="TLS"
       compression="2048" 
       compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,text/plain,text/javascript,text/css" 
       useSendfile="false"
       />
      

   Note: If you want disable support for http comment the following connector '<!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 -->' section in the 'server.xml' file.

5. Restart CA Executive Insight.
6. To access the CA Executive Insight web interface with SSL, use:

   https://hostname:8443/exec/ or https://hostname:8443/execDesktop/.
   

   Note: You can specify a port other than 8443 in the server.xml file.

Once the SSL is up and functional with the self-signed certificate; you are ready to implement an official Certificate Authority provided certificate.