How to implement SSL on Tomcat 5.5

Pre-installation notes
The guide bellow is based on the previous guide Hardening guide for Tomcat 5.5 on Solaris 10 platform

SSL implementation phase
1. Login to the server using Root account.
2. Create folder for the SSL certificate files:
mkdir -p /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt
3. Create folder for the SSL private key:
mkdir -p /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key
4. Change ownership of all server files to the tomcat user:
chown -R tomcat:tomcat /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/*
5. Run the command bellow to generate a key store:
For 32bit operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/keytool -genkey -keyalg "RSA" -keystore /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key -storepass ComplexPassword -validity 730
Note: The command above should be written as one line.
For x64 operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/amd64/keytool -genkey -keyalg "RSA" -keystore /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key -storepass ComplexPassword -validity 730
Note: The command above should be written as one line.
7. Run the command bellow to generate a CSR (certificate request):
For 32bit operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/keytool -certreq -keyalg "RSA" -file /tmp/tomcat.csr -keystore /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key -storepass ComplexPassword
Note: The command above should be written as one line.
For x64 operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/amd64/keytool -certreq -keyalg "RSA" -file /tmp/tomcat.csr -keystore /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key -storepass ComplexPassword
Note: The command above should be written as one line.
8. Send the file /tmp/tomcat.csr to a Certificate Authority server.
9. As soon as you receive the signed public key from the Certificate Authority server (usually via email), copy all lines starting with “Begin” and ending with “End” (include those two lines), into notepad, and save the file as "server.crt"
10. Copy the file "server.crt" using SCP into /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt
11. Follow the link on the email from the CA server, to create the Root CA chain, and save it as “ca-bundle.crt” (Note: The file must be PEM (base64) encoded).
12. Copy the file "ca-bundle.crt" using SCP into /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt
13. Run the command bellow to import the trusted root CA public certificate:
For 32bit operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/keytool -import -keystore /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit -trustcacerts -file /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt
Note: The command above should be written as one line.

For x64 operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/amd64/keytool -import -keystore /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit -trustcacerts -file /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt
Note: The command above should be written as one line.

14. Run the command bellow to import the signed public key into the key store:
For 32bit operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/keytool -import -keystore /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key -storepass ComplexPassword -trustcacerts -file /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
Note: The command above should be written as one line.

For x64 operating system:
/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/amd64/keytool -import -keystore /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key -storepass ComplexPassword -trustcacerts -file /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
Note: The command above should be written as one line.

15. Stop the Tomcat service:
/etc/init.d/tomcat stop
16. Edit using VI, the file /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/server.xml and add the section bellow:
<Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"
acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"
clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="SSLv3"
keystoreFile="/var/apache/tomcat55/conf/ssl.key/server.key"
keystorePass="ComplexPassword"
truststoreFile="/usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_15/jre/lib/security/cacerts"
truststorePass="changeit"
ciphers="ALL:-ADH:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:-LOW:-SSLv2:-EXP"
tcpNoDelay="true" />
17. Edit using VI, the file /var/apache/tomcat55/conf/web.xml and add the following section, inside the <security-constraint> tag:
<user-data-constraint>
<description>
Constrain the user data transport for the whole application
</description>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
18. Start the Tomcat service:
/etc/init.d/tomcat start -security