Why won't eclipse app instance run in https - eclipse

Question

I am maintaining a servlet application previously developed in Eclipse Helios. I have the servlet instance war file and it runs fine in my Tomcat 7.0 on windows and I receive the correct web responses in SoapUI. It runs with SSL encryption and the url in SoapUI states;
https://localhost:8443/ProjectName/etc/etc
But after retrieving the original code from SVN into Eclipse Helios, I can get it to start okay running through the imported Tomcat but it does not seem to start using SSL in Eclipse Helios and the URL in the Eclipse tab states;
http://localhost:8000/ProjectName/etc/etc
And so when I attempt to run a web request in SoapUI it reacts like the servlet instance is not running. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

This solution is supplied for MAC, can follow the same strategy for windows as well.
Step 1) Generate the certificate with java keytool utility by navigating to bin folder of java installation directory
LM-MAA-22004958:etc rkala$ cd /Applications/corona-java-1.1.0/jdk-7u45-macosx-x64/Contents/Home/bin
LM-MAA-22004958:bin rkala$ keytool -genkey -alias myappcert -keyalg RSA -keystore myapp.keystore
Enter keystore password:
Re-enter new password:
What is your first and last name?
[Unknown]: localhost.xyz.com
What is the name of your organizational unit?
[Unknown]: my
What is the name of your organization?
[Unknown]: my
What is the name of your City or Locality?
[Unknown]: my
What is the name of your State or Province?
[Unknown]: my
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
[Unknown]: my
Is CN=localhost.xyz.com, OU=my, O=my, L=my, ST=my, C=my correct?
[no]: yes
Enter key password for <myappcert>
(RETURN if same as keystore password):
Step 2): Copy the generated myapp.keystore file to tomcat /conf directory
LM-MAA-22004958:bin rkala$ mv myapp.keystore /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/conf
LM-MAA-22004958:bin rkala$ cd /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/bin
LM-MAA-22004958:bin rkala$ ./startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /Applications/corona-java-1.1.0/jdk-7u45-macosx-x64/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Hit the browser with url https://localhost:8443 and you are good to go
Step 3) Modify both server.xml with the same config provided below
1.Tomcat server.xml -> Path: /Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/conf/server.xml
2.Under eclipse workspace server folder,modify the server.xml here as well
Add the tls config below this section of commented code. I used port 8443 for https
<!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received
and responses are returned. Documentation at :
Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking & non-blocking)
Java AJP Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html
APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html
Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080
-->
<Connector
SSLEnabled="true"
clientAuth="false"
keyAlias="myappcert"
keystoreFile="/Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/conf/myapp.keystore"
keystorePass="password which you supplied while generating the certificate using keytool"
maxThreads="200"
port="8443"
scheme="https"
secure="true"
sslProtocol="TLS"
/>
Step 4) Catalina policy permission:
Modify the catalina.policy file located in /conf folder of tomcat installation directory
Search for below keyword(grant codeBase "file:${catalina.home}/bin/tomcat-juli.jar) and replace all the code with single line as mentioned below
grant codeBase "file:${catalina.home}/bin/tomcat-juli.jar" {
permission java.security.AllPermission;
};
Step 5) Modify the eclipse.ini file and add the below entries and then restart the eclipse.
-vmargs
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/Users/rkala/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.93/conf/myapp.keystore
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=password which you supplied at step 1
Now you should be able to launch the application and will be able to access it via https

Answer 2

I assume you are referring to running tomcat from within Eclipse. By default the server instances managed by Eclipse (projects in their own right) each have their own separate copies of the tomcat config files (server.xml, context.xml, tomcat-users.xml etc) based on the locally installed runtime version selected at creation. So if the SSL connector is not enabled within that configuration then it won't be started. This allows you to have more than one tomcat instance running at the same time, each with a different config.
To edit the configuration for an Eclipse managed tomcat instance, look for Servers in the project explorer, open your instance and edit the server.xml to uncomment the SSL connector tag which will look something like:
<Connector SSLEnabled="true" clientAuth="false" maxThreads="150" port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" scheme="https" secure="true" sslProtocol="TLS"/>
You may also need to create a keystore for tomcat if you haven't already - see the docs for more info: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/ssl-howto.html.
Restart tomcat from within Eclipse and try the secure address. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

I deleted the server in Eclipse and add it again and now everything appears to be working. Thanks to all who viewed and inputted.