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3.13.5. Connecting LDAP Over SSL

If you want to connect the Content Server via SSL to the Active Directory, proceed as follows:

  1. Import all of your needed certificates for the Content Server using the Java keytool tool the default password is "changeit" keytool -import -file ADCert.der -alias ADCert -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts

  2. Change the following properties in the WEB-INF/properties/corem/jndi-ad.properties file:

java.naming.security.protocol=ssl
com.coremedia.ldap.host=ADServer
com.coremedia.ldap.port=636
  1. Configure the hox.corem.login.LdapLoginModule in the file WEB-INF/properties/corem/jaas.conf to use SSL by setting the attributes port="636" and protocol="ssl".

Now you are done and the Content Server will connect to the Active Directory server via SSL.