1 Upgrading WebLogic Server 6.x to Version 7.0

Creating a Boot Identity File in the Administration Guide. There is no direct upgrade of the old password.ini file because it contained a clear text password and no username.

Upgrading the SSL Protocol

This section contains information on how to upgrade the SSL protocol including instructions for creating a trusted CA Keystore, creating a private key Keystore, and using a CertAuthenticator in Compatibility security.

Creating a Trusted CA Keystore

By default in WebLogic Server 7.0, clients check the server’s trusted certificate authority. This check is done whenever a client and server connect using SSL, including when WebLogic Server is acting an a client. For example, when a client is using the SSL protocol to connect to an Apache HTTP Server, the client checks the trusted certificate authorities presented by the server. The client rejects the server's trusted certificate authority if the certificate authority is not trusted by the client. Previous versions of WebLogic Server did not perform this trust validation.

Make the following changes to allow an existing 6.x WebLogic client to use SSL protocol to communicate with a server:

1. Specify the following command-line argument for the client:

-Dweblogic.security.SSL.trustedCAKeyStore=absoluteFilename

where absoluteFilename is the name of the keystore that contains the trusted certificate authority

Note: The file format is a keystore NOT a certificate file. The trusted certificate authority must be loaded into the keystore.

2.Load the server's trusted certificate authority into the client keystore. To list trusted certificate authorites in the keystore or to load new trusted certificate authorities into the keystore, use the JDK keytool utility.

To add a trusted certificate authority to a keystore, enter the following at a command prompt:

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BEA 7 manual Upgrading the SSL Protocol, Creating a Trusted CA Keystore

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