Tomcat5 and SSL

[jem122974]

I have a JSP website that connects to a database. I would like to use SSL to secure the username and password the user enters. Should I set this up in Apache or Tomcat? If in Tomcat, can someone point me in the right direction as to where to get instructions on how to do this?

Thanks,
Jon Mitchell

 

[sedj]

If you are running Apache as a front end, then you should use Apache to handle the HTTP/S protocols.

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Free Database Connection Pooling Software

http://www.primrose.org.uk

 

[jem122974]

Currently I haven't figured out how to "connect" Apache and Tomcat. I have another thread on the Apache forum asking for some help in this area.

Can you point me in the right direction for how to setup SSL for Apache2? Or do I need to go back to the previous version of Apache for this to work?

 

[sedj]

You link Apache to Tomcat via the JK (apache mod_jk) protocol :

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/connectors-doc/

Making Apache work with OpenSSL :

http://www.modssl.org/docs/

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Free Database Connection Pooling Software

http://www.primrose.org.uk

 

[jem122974]

I have been to that sight and downloaded the .so file for JK 1.2.10, Apache 2, Windows. I looked at instructions link for Apache 2, but it just tells how to build the source. So, now what do I do with this file? I am going to search Google again.

Thanks,
Jon Mitchell