Configuring SSL for JSP applications

You can configure your JSP application to use SSL for communications with the MDEX Engine.

The application used as an example in this section is based on the JSP version of the Endeca reference implementation. Tomcat 5.0 is used as the application server, with the JSP implementation being located in the Tomcat webapps directory.

To successfully run the user authentication process, you must perform the following tasks to set up the application server:
  1. Write a HostnameVerifier class.
  2. Create a JKS-format keystore certificate.
  3. Configure an SSL connector on which the application can be accessed.
  4. Start the application server with the appropriate keystore and truststore system properties.

These tasks are described in the following sections. An additional section also explains how to use PKCS12 certificates instead of JKS-format keystores.