Purpose
This page explains the method to get HTTPS configuration definition.
Details
To get a complete description of a HTTPS configuration, get the following answers to the questions below:
- The application server configuration:
The following is usually known by the technical administrator of the system or by the IT team.- Is it a standalone tomcat server ?
- Is it an HTTPS apache front-end with a reverse proxy to a tomcat server (tomcat serving in http or in https) ?
- Is it an HTTPS apache front-end with mod_jk to connect to tomcat
- Is it another front-end or another connector ?
- Is the front configured with both HTTPS and HTTP for the same hostname (for apache, the configuration file would be nice) ?
- The network component:
The following is usually known by the technical administrator of the system or by the IT team.- Is there any HTTP proxy ?
- Does it forward the HTTPS to the final server or do it change it to HTTP ?
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