Web Server 7 - Switch to SSL - Automatic forwarding from non-SSL

Question

I just posted a similar question regarding Web server 6. This question is for Web server 7!
I maintain Web tools on a non-SSL Web Server 7. I need to turn on SSL, because our organization requires the security feature for certain functions in the tool.
The current non-SSL address for the tool is similar to http://mytool.com/. I want to make the switch to SSL transparent for users, so I want http://mytool.com/ to automatically forward to https://mytool.com. What is the best way to do that in Web server 7?
Also, I'd like to make the changes without using the GUI, what are the XML commands for the server.xml file (I assume that's what I'll need to change, right?)
Sincerely,
dailysun
THIS IS FOR WEB SERVER 7

Answer 1

Hi
Assuming you have figured out the way to setup a listener with SSL enabled, you can the following
1. find out what object file is currently used by server
bin/wadm get-virtual-server-prop user=admin config=<hostname> object-file
this will either return as obj.conf or <vs>-obj.conf
2. now open this file and add the following lines after <Object name="default" line
<Object name="default">
#add the following lines
<Client match="all" security="false" urlhost="mytool.com">
NameTrans fn="redirect" from="/" url-prefix="https://mytool.com"
NameTrans fn="redirect" from="/*" url-prefix="https://mytool.com/"
</Client>
# end
now save this file and test to see if this is what you are expecting.
if you are satisfied, you will need to bring over this manual change into admin config repository by doing something like
bin/wadm pull-config user=admin  config=<..>
You can also save the commonly used parameter like <user> and <password> within the .wadmrc file. Please see - http://blogs.sun.com/natarajan/date/20070131
hope this helps