Protecting data confidentiality and integrity with SSL/TLS

Security also means protecting your data when it's being transported. For this purpose, we can use a popular method called the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the newest version of SSL. SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 are the protocols supported by Eclipse GlassFish 5.

This recipe will show you how to enable Eclipse GlassFish so that it works properly with SSL. All Jakarta EE servers have their own way of doing this.

Getting ready

To enable SSL in GlassFish, you need to configure an HTTP listener for SSL. All you need to do is this:

1. Make sure GlassFish is up and running.
2. Use the create-ssl command to create your HTTP listener for SSL.
3. Restart...