Activate SSL with OpenSSL Self-Signed Cert

Question

Dear Expert,
Anyone can give me guidance on how to activate and create ssl cert in Java IM using openssl self-signed cert.
thanks

Answer 1

Here how I make it work. Some of the tips is from jay in this forum
Instant Messaging with SSL
Let say I have Messaging, Directory, IM server in 1 box.
Let's create a cert
# cd /etc/opt/SUNWiim/default/config/
a) Sun [TM] ONE Messaging Server 6.1 and Sun [TM] ONE Directory Server 5.2 were installed from JES2 on the same box
b) The server_root directory for Directory Server is the default: /var/opt/mps/serverroot
c) The server_root directory for Messaging Server is also the default: /opt/SUNWmsgsr
1. Login to the console and do a Certificate Request
a) cd /var/opt/mps/serverroot
b) ./startconsole &
c) Login to the main console as "cn=Directory Manager"
d) Select and open the "Messaging Server" console
e) Highlight the tab called "Tasks" at the top
f) Select "Manage Certificates"
g) Console will ask for a password for the security database. Please enter a password twice and make sure that you remember it. This will create the following two files under "/var/opt/mps/serverroot/alias" directory:
-rw------- 1 mailsrv other 65536 Aug 12 13:57 msg-config-cert8.db
-rw------- 1 mailsrv other 32768 Aug 12 13:57 msg-config-key3.db
NOTE: Please make sure that:
- either the owner of the files is the messaging server user ( mailsrv in this case ),
-or the permission is appropriate for the mail server user to at least read it.
h) Once you reach the "Manage Certificate" window, please make a "Certificate Request" by filing up the appropriate questions
i) Once you are done, you get a CSR , which looks something like this:
-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
MIIBszCCARwCAQAwczELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEzARBgNVBAgTCkNhbGlmb3JuaWE x
DzANBgNVBAcTBm5ld2FyazEMMAoGA1UEChMDc21pMQ0wCwYDVQQLEwRhdGFjMSEw
HwYDVQQ DExhwb3BleWUuYXRhYy5lYmF5LnN1bi5jb20wgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEB
BQADgY0AMIGJAoGBALF eXVTFDj/1eONPzV/dAZ0dBKdstl+u+L/DTdw1sCXXOdNG
MzYeTUu9g/g0dXL/bniF31M0OkoW+6O 5mshySv/KXS9QcoPngSKS6wuL8kNlYKQR
Dw97WCS1uaqubAK/kir4hDmL7X9Rf29EFHDSFOWjeOJ /M7aqFWCfR5sTeSIFAgMB
AAGgADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOBgQCeYwptiL/j7Bcs0DtGYiOlMMs utezF1COC
4+wHt/p+LtQkvQWBoXisqN6YlGfZPXOCdUyA+RwU7BxjX9IQLP+9HLHfQyLzvCKb
boKKpjIc8Ci+tmibM5QkgTxu4L7yeCR/PiplgVPttHNT2Qr9cxHLLBvIO6N1GOE8
VBoq0pC5SA= =
-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Please maintain and preserve this CSR , since you will be sending it to the Certificate Authority ( CA ) so they can issue you a Certificate
# openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 4096
# openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key ca.key -out ca.crt
# openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in file.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -set_serial 01 -out server-cert.crt
# cp -p /var/opt/mps/serverroot/alias/msg-config-key3.db key3.db
# cp -p /var/opt/mps/serverroot/alias/msg-config-cert8.db cert8.db
# cp -p /var/opt/mps/serverroot/alias/secmod.db .
# cat sslpassword.conf
Internal (Software) Token:password
# cat /etc/opt/SUNWiim/default/config/iim.conf
iim.comm.modules = "iim_server,iim_mux,iim_wd"
iim.smtpserver = "www.esuria.com.bn"
iim.instancedir = "/opt/SUNWiim"
iim.instancevardir = "/var/opt/SUNWiim/default"
iim.user = "root"
iim.group = "root"
iim.config.version = "1.1"
iim_ldap.host = "www.esuria.com.bn:389"
iim_ldap.searchbase = "o=esuria.com.bn,dc=esuria,dc=com,dc=bn"
iim_ldap.loginfilter = "(&(objectclass=inetorgperson)(uid={0}))"
iim_ldap.usergroupbyidsearchfilter = "(|(&(objectclass=groupofuniquenames)(dn={0
}))(&(objectclass=inetorgperson)(uid={0})))"
iim_ldap.usergroupbynamesearchfilter = "(|(&(objectclass=groupofuniquenames)(cn=
{0}))(&(objectclass=inetorgperson)(cn={0})))"
iim_ldap.allowwildcardinuid = "False"
iim_ldap.userclass = "inetOrgPerson"
iim_ldap.groupclass = "groupOfUniqueNames"
iim_ldap.groupbrowsefilter = "(objectclass=groupofuniquenames)"
iim_ldap.searchlimit = "40"
iim_ldap.userdisplay = "cn"
iim_ldap.groupdisplay = "cn"
iim_ldap.useruidattr = "uid"
iim_ldap.groupmemberattr = "uniquemember"
iim_ldap.usermailattr = "mail"
iim_ldap.resynctime = "720"
iim_ldap.usergroupbinddn = "cn=Directory Manager"
iim_ldap.usergroupbindcred = "password"
iim_ldap.useidentityadmin = "false"
iim.log.iim_server.severity = "INFO"
iim.log.iim_mux.severity = "ERROR"
iim.log.iim_wd.severity = "ERROR"
iim_server.domainname = "esuria.com.bn"
iim_server.useport = "True"
iim_server.port = "5269"
iim_server.usesslport = "False"
iim_server.sslport = "5223"
iim_server.enable = "True"
iim_server.clienttimeout = "15"
iim_server.usesso = "0"
iim.policy.modules = "iim_ldap"
iim.userprops.store = "file"
iim_mux.listenport = "www.esuria.com.bn:5222"
iim_mux.serverport = "www.esuria.com.bn:45222"
iim_mux.enable = "true"
iim_mux.numinstances = "2"
iim_mux.maxthreads = "10"
iim_mux.maxsessions = "1000"
iim_mux.usessl = "on"
iim_mux.secconfigdir = "/etc/opt/SUNWiim/default/config"
iim_mux.keydbprefix =
iim_mux.certdbprefix =
iim_mux.secmodfile = "secmod.db"
iim_mux.certnickname = "server-cert"
iim_mux.keystorepasswordfile = "sslpassword.conf"
iim_wd.enable = "true"
iim_wd.period = "300"
iim_wd.maxRetries = "10"
-open http://www.esuria.com.bn/im/en/im.jnlp
-click More Detail and enable Use SSL