Understanding SSL Encryption with WebLogic

To use SSL encryption with WebLogic and the current PeopleTools release, the WebLogic keystore must contain the following appropriately configured encryption keys:

• The web server's private key.

• The web server's public key, digitally signed by a trusted certificate authority (CA).

• The digitally signed public key of the same CA that signed the web server's key.

A public key is transferred and stored as a data element in a digital certificate or a certificate signing request (CSR). You can obtain public keys from a variety of sources in several different formats.

When setting up SSL, you need to:

• ensure that the encryption keys are correctly formatted.

• install them in the keystore.

• configure them using the WebLogic Remote Console.

Note:

If you've already installed and configured a set of encryption keys for use with WebLogic in a previous PeopleTools release, you must migrate them as external files to the keystore within the current WebLogic version.