Configure XL Release to trust an XL Deploy server's certificate

If you configured your XL Deploy server to use a self-signed certificate and then added the server to XL Release, you will notice that testing the connection fails with the error The XL Deploy server is not available.

To instruct XL Release to trust the XL Deploy server’s certificate, you need to configure a truststore for XL Release. Usually, you do not want to modify the JRE’s global truststore for this purpose. This topic describes how to create a dedicated truststore for XL Release.

Step 1 Export the server certificate

Export the self-signed certificate from XL_DEPLOY_SERVER_HOME/conf:

keytool -export -keystore keystore.jks -alias jetty -file XLDeployServerCert.cer

For more information about the keytool utility, refer to the Oracle documentation.

Step 2 Import the certificate as a trusted certificate

Import the certificate as a trusted certificate into a separate truststore for XL Release, so you don’t have to modify the JRE’s global truststore:

keytool -import -alias XLDeployServerCert -file XLDeployServerCert.cer -keystore XLRTruststore.jks

Step 3 Move the truststore to the XL Release installation

Move XLRTruststore.jks from XL_DEPLOY_SERVER_HOME/conf to XL_RELEASE_SERVER_HOME/conf.

Step 4 Configure XL Release to use the truststore

Add the following lines in XL_RELEASE_SERVER_HOME/conf/xlr-wrapper-linux.conf (for Unix) or XL_RELEASE_SERVER_HOME/conf/xlr-wrapper-win.conf (for Microsoft Windows):

wrapper.java.additional.X=-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=conf/XLRTruststore.jks
wrapper.java.additional.X+1=-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=password

Where X is the next number in the wrapper.java.additional list.

Step 5 Only for XL Release 7.x and later

Disable the verification of SSL for XL Deploy servers under XL_RELEASE_SERVER_HOME/conf/deployit-defaults.properties by adding the line:

xldeploy.XLDeployServer.verifySSL=false

Step 6 Start XL Release

You can now start XL Release and add the XL Deploy server.