Creating SSL certificates for your Liberty server using the Developer Tools

When using the WebSphere Application Server Development Tools Beta to create SSL certificates for the beta version of Liberty server, the server configuration code is added an an include statement.When using the WebSphere Application Server Development Tools 9.0 and later to create SSL certificates for the Liberty server 9.0 and later, the server configuration code is added as an include statement.

Procedure

  1. In the Servers view, right-click your Liberty server, and select Utilities > Create SSL Certificate.
  2. On the Create SSL Certificate page, you can create a default secure socket layer (SSL) certificate to use with your server.
    1. In the Keystore password field, type a password for your SSL certificate.
    2. Click the Specify validity period (days) field, specify the number of days you want certificate to be valid for. Minimum length of time is 365 days.
    3. Click the Specify subject (DN): field and provide a value for your SSL subject.
  3. Click Finish.

Results

An information dialog appears after the SSL certificate creation is complete. This dialog informs you that the server.xml file has already been updated to include the generated configuration file. The instructions in the console output can be ignored.