Deploy JAX-WS web services on Tomcat + SSL connection

In this article, we show you how to deploy a JAX-WS web service on Tomcat with TLS / SSL or https secure connection enabled. Actually, the answer is quite simple, just deploys it as a normal web service and configured SSL connection on your Tomcat server properly :)

Note
This article is just a combination of my last few posts on developing web service in SSL connection environment.

1. Configure Tomcat + SSL

For detail, see this guide – Make Tomcat to support SSL or https connection.

Basically, just buy a certificate from trusted certificate provider, or use JDK’s keytool command to generate a dummy certificate for localhost testing. And put following portion into your Tomcat server.xml file.

File : $Tomcat\conf\server.xml

//...
 <!-- Define a SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443
         This connector uses the JSSE configuration, when using APR, the 
         connector should be using the OpenSSL style configuration
         described in the APR documentation -->
 
 <Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"
               maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"
               clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" 
	       keystoreFile="c:\your keystore file"
	       keystorePass="your keystore password" />
  //...

Restart Tomcat, and now, your Tomcat is supported SSL connection, e.g https://localhost:8443

2. Deploy Web Service

Deploy it like a normal web service, see this guide – Deploy JAX-WS web services on Tomcat servlet container.

3. Test It

The configuration is done; you can access the deployed web service in SSL connection by using a normal web service client.

For example,

    URL url = new URL("https://localhost:8443/HelloWorld/hello?wsdl");
    QName qname = new QName("http://ws.mkyong.com/", "HelloWorldImplService");
    Service service = Service.create(url, qname);
 
    HelloWorld hello = service.getPort(HelloWorld.class);
    System.out.println(hello.getHelloWorldAsString());