HowTo use https / ssl with Maven/Mortbay Jetty Plugin?

https, java, jetty, maven-2, ssl

Solution

You can use Maven to create a development certificate and use it when starting Jetty. First, configure the keytool-maven-plugin to create a development certificate:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>keytool-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <phase>generate-resources</phase>
      <id>clean</id>
      <goals>
        <goal>clean</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
    <execution>
      <phase>generate-resources</phase>
      <id>genkey</id>
      <goals>
        <goal>genkey</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <keystore>${project.build.directory}/jetty-ssl.keystore</keystore>
    <dname>cn=my.hostname.tld</dname><!-- put your CN here-->
    <keypass>jetty6</keypass>
    <storepass>jetty6</storepass>
    <alias>jetty6</alias>
    <keyalg>RSA</keyalg>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Change the CN as you wish. Then configure the maven-jetty-plugin to use the development certificate:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>6.1.10</version>
  <configuration>
    <contextPath>/context</contextPath>
    <scanIntervalSeconds>5</scanIntervalSeconds>
    <connectors>
      <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
        <port>8080</port>
        <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
      </connector>
      <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.security.SslSocketConnector">
        <port>8443</port>
        <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
        <keystore>${project.build.directory}/jetty-ssl.keystore</keystore>
        <password>jetty6</password>
        <keyPassword>jetty6</keyPassword>
      </connector>
    </connectors>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Run `mvn jetty:run` and open https://localhost:8443/context.

Problem

I would like to use ssl / https as described in http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/How+to+configure+SSL using jetty-maven-plugin, but I don't know how to configure the plugin. Any hint, example, tutorial, walkthrough ? Also, I wonder how to carry out Step 3b of the above mentioned tutorial, where manipulation the jetty server is necessary (`java -classpath $JETTY_HOME/lib/jetty-util-6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:$JETTY_HOME/lib/jetty-6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar org.mortbay.jetty.security.PKCS12Import jetty.pkcs12 keystore`).

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