Guideline for HTTPS connection setup of application server

An application server usually supports the HTTPS protocol in the communication with external servers. This is required, for example, if the connection between the application server and the storage server needs to be secured. For setting up an HTTPS configuration, the following basic steps have to be conducted:

  1. Create a keystore from the client certificate and the private key.

  2. Add the keystore to the existing application server keystore.

  3. Download the server certificate and add it as trusted CA.

  4. Set and adjust related the JVM parameters (e.g. HTTPS connections to external servers).

  5. Restart the application server.

Also note the related HTTP connection issue HTTP connection failure after reverting from HTTP(S).

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