Importing an SSL certificate into WebSphere
If you are receiving SSL handshake issues when connecting to a webservice you need to import the SSL certificate into WebSphere.
- Open WebSphere console
- Security
- SSL certificate and key management
- Key stores and certificates
- NodeDefaultTrustStore (or maybe CellDefaultTrustStore)
- Signer Certificates
- Retrieve from port
- Host: your.host.name (without https:// and any endpoints)
- Port: 443
- Retrieve signer information
- Click Ok
- Save
- Restart WebSphere