Application Servers Information - Apache Tomcat - HTTPS configuration definition

This page explains the method to get HTTPS configuration definition.

To get a complete description of a HTTPS configuration, get the following answers to the questions below:

1. The application server configuration:
   The following is usually known by the technical administrator of the system or by the IT team.
   1. Is it a standalone tomcat server ?
   2. Is it an HTTPS apache front-end with a reverse proxy to a tomcat server (tomcat serving in http or in https) ?
   3. Is it an HTTPS apache front-end with mod_jk to connect to tomcat
   4. Is it another front-end or another connector ?
   5. Is the front configured with both HTTPS and HTTP for the same hostname (for apache, the configuration file would be nice) ?
2. The network component:
   The following is usually known by the technical administrator of the system or by the IT team.
   1. Is there any HTTP proxy ?
   2. Does it forward the HTTPS to the final server or do it change it to HTTP ?