SSL in Tomcat 8: server & client JKS + client public cer

Question

I\'ve followed this guide so as to setup my Tomcat 8 instance with SSL layer, producing a client and server keystores and a public client certificate autosigned.

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Answer 1

You question lacks important details such as tomcat's log and the structure of your keystore. For example, key placed in the keystore can be password protected itself. The port you want to use can be already occupied, etc, etc. There are many things that can go wrong.

In common, I can advise you to keep things as simple as you can. Try this snippet:

<Connector port="443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"
           maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"
           clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" 
           keystoreFile="/etc/tomcat7/server.jks"
           keystorePass="changeit" />