The directions below are for installing a self signed certificate and connect to Application Engine running on an IIS Server with SSL enabled on the gsoap virtual folder.
The section in the Administration guide on how to setup Tomcat to use SSL simply points to the online Tomcat documentation. Here is a quick guide on how to generate a self-signed certificate and how to setup Tomcat to use it.
The following instructions apply to both self-signed and CA-signed certificates. The party that ultimately signs the certificate request is not discussed below. Only instructions on how to get the SSL certificate are described.
There may be a situation where the ssl certificate being used to make a secure LDAP connection appears to be valid by all accounts yet the test connect still won't work. You may see an error like the following in the Event Viewer as a result.
When using Dimensions CM with SSL enabled on your Tomcat Server, we install a ‘sample- ssl .jks’ keystore file. This keystore contains a certificate which has a CN of ‘localhost’ with the Root of Serena Sample CA-2.
