Enable SSL in JBOSS

1) Create a keystore using keytool utility

#keytool can be found from Java runtime - /opt/jre1.6.0_18/bin/keytool

# Enter values as required

mkdir $JBOSS_HOME/ssl
cd $JBOSS_HOME/ssl

$ keytool -genkey -alias jboss -keyalg RSA -keystore jboss.keystore -validity 3650

Enter keystore password:

Re-enter new password:

What is your first and last name?

[Unknown]:

What is the name of your organizational unit?

[Unknown]:

What is the name of your organization?

[Unknown]:

What is the name of your City or Locality?

[Unknown]:

What is the name of your State or Province?

[Unknown]:

What is the two-letter country code for this unit?

[Unknown]: US

Is valuescorrect?

[no]: yes

Enter key password for

(RETURN if same as keystore password):

Re-enter new password:

A .keystore file will be created in the current directory. 

2) Update /opt/jboss-eap-5.0/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/jbossweb.sar/server.xml with correct keystore values.

<Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"

port="8443" address="${jboss.bind.address}"

scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false"

keystoreFile="${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/jboss.keystore"

keystorePass="{your-password}" sslProtocol = "TLS" />

3) Restart the server. Test using https://{ip_address}:8443/context-root/filename.jsp