What I eventually used was this:
try {
// Set up the socket address
InetSocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getLocalHost(), config.getHttpsPort());
// Initialise the HTTPS server
HttpsServer httpsServer = HttpsServer.create(address, 0);
SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
// Initialise the keystore
char[] password = "simulator".toCharArray();
KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("lig.keystore");
ks.load(fis, password);
// Set up the key manager factory
KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
kmf.init(ks, password);
// Set up the trust manager factory
TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
tmf.init(ks);
// Set up the HTTPS context and parameters
sslContext.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
httpsServer.setHttpsConfigurator(new HttpsConfigurator(sslContext) {
public void configure(HttpsParameters params) {
try {
// Initialise the SSL context
SSLContext c = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLEngine engine = c.createSSLEngine();
params.setNeedClientAuth(false);
params.setCipherSuites(engine.getEnabledCipherSuites());
params.setProtocols(engine.getEnabledProtocols());
// Get the default parameters
SSLParameters defaultSSLParameters = c.getDefaultSSLParameters();
params.setSSLParameters(defaultSSLParameters);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ILogger log = new LoggerFactory().getLogger();
log.exception(ex);
log.error("Failed to create HTTPS port");
}
}
});
LigServer server = new LigServer(httpsServer);
joinableThreadList.add(server.getJoinableThread());
} catch (Exception exception) {
log.exception(exception);
log.error("Failed to create HTTPS server on port " + config.getHttpsPort() + " of localhost");
}
To generate a keystore:
$ keytool -genkeypair -keyalg RSA -alias self_signed -keypass simulator \
-keystore lig.keystore -storepass simulator
See also here.
Potentially storepass and keypass might be different, in which case the ks.load
and kmf.init
must use storepass and keypass, respectively.