Using ohs as a front end to weblogic

I had a lot of trouble trying to enable ssl in weblogic (10.3.4 windows 64 bits). So I was thinking of just using ohs as a front end. I need the traffice between the forms and reports clients and the web service to be encrypted. Between the webservice and weblogic and database can be in the clear. I already got ohs to do ssl for application express. It was nowhere as hard to deal with as weblogic (10.3.4) . I don't seem to be able to think like weblogic :-(
However I need some good and correct instructions on how to do this. Anyone got any?
This is one of those things where the more you look the more confused you get.
(BTW this seems to be saying you can't use ohs in front of em or console.)
for example:
Doc ID 1268723.1
Following this note will result in the following architecture:
Browser --> https --> OHS --> https --> WebLogic Server
There are three steps needed to configure mod_wl_ohs in this setup:
Step I: Configure OHS for SSL
Step II: Configure Weblogic for SSL
Step III: Configure mod_wl_ohs
Now that is very complex and one has to face both the wallet and the keystore and more.
whereas another doc
Doc ID 1240977.1
advocates only enabling ssl in ohs and not in weblogic. Well which is it? Does ssl have to be in weblogic?
If it does I could picture not involving ohs and that apparently crash prone module.

Well I wanted to close this out by saying that I never found out definitively how to put ohs in front of
weblogic. (10.3.4) I'm not sure it's that great of an idea considering some reports of problems with
mod_wl_ohs in support but anyway I did get ssl working in weblogic. Basically I followed 1109753.1 This is the very
simple way that you just configure ssl for wls_forms and wls_reports in weblogic and no involvement of any apache
modules or rewriting or proxying or anything like that.
I did convert the oracle wallet (cwallet.sso) that I was using for ohs to .jks using the
orapki pks12_to_jks command. That had in fact the server cert and two associated trust certs from the cert
vendor. Some instructions make it sound like you have to "separate identity and trust" but I didn't and it does
work.
Configuration of WLS_FORMS or WLS_REPORTS for ssl is like this:
in weblogic administration http://myserver:7001/console :
(environment,servers, WLS_FORMS)
_________keystores tab _________________
keystores: custom identity and java standard trust
custom identity keystore: d:\somewhere\mykeystore.jks
custom identity keystore type JKS
custom identity keystore passphrase keystorepasswd
Java Standard Trust Keystore:
C:\PROGRA~1\Java\JDK16~1.0_2\jre\lib\security\cacerts
Java Standard Trust Keystore Type:     jks
<no passwords entered for java standard trust although the password is known to be changeit>
___________SSL tab_____________
Identity and Trust Locations:     Keystores
Private Key Location:     from Custom Identity Keystore
Private Key Alias: <for key. You can list this with a utility if you forgot>
Private Key Passphrase: <private key password>
Certificate Location:     from Custom Identity Keystore
Trusted Certificate Authorities:     from Java Standard Trust Keystore
plus in Configuration Tab:
ssl listen port enabled specify port you want
I am guessing that since the forms and reports ports are different by default
that the ssl ports should be different also?
after that I actually think you have to stop and then start the service instead of just restart ssl.
Anyway then try whatever your forms or reports url was but using the new port and using https:
eg. https://my.domain.name:7002/forms/frmservlet
If that doesn't work then look for the log which is something like:
c:\<middlewarehome>/user_projects/domains/mydomain/servers/WLS_FORMS/logs look for it there.

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