Starting SSL-enabled Servers

To start an SSL-enabled server, a password is required. Although you can start an SSL-enabled server automatically if you keep the password in plain text in a file, this is not recommended.

Leaving the SSL-enabled servers password in plain text in the servers start script is a large security risk. Anyone who can access the file has access to the SSL-enabled server’s password. Consider the security risks before keeping the SSL-enabled server’s password in plain text.

The server’s start script, key pair file, and the key password should be owned by root (or, if a non-root user installed the server, that user account), with only the owner having read and write access to them.

To start your SSL-enabled server automatically on UNIX or Linux

Steps

1. Using a text editor, open the start file.

2. Locate the -start line in the script and insert the following:

   echo "password"|

   where password is the SSL password you have chosen.

   For example, if the SSL password is examples, the edited line might look like this:

   -start)

   echo "examples"|./$PRODUCT_BIN -d $PRODUCT_SUBDIR/config $@