You can connect to a running server through a SSL tunnel by specifying the location of the trusted keystore file to org.apache.geronimo.keyStoreTrustStorePasswordFile, especially when you connect to a Geronimo server with JCsonle. The default SSL keystore of the Geronimo server is geronimo-default, which locates at /var/security/keystores/ directory.

Follow the instructions below to complete a SSL connection to the Geronimo server.

1. Enable a system plug-in named org.apache.geronimo.framework/jmx-security//car using start sub-command or via the administrative console on the server.
2. Create a key file containing the password pairs used to connect to the server, which will be like:
   
   
   keystorePasswordfile.key

   keyStorePassword=secret
   trustStorePassword=secret

   Where secret is the default password of keystore geronimo-default in the server. For better security, use encrypt sub-command to encrypt the plain text password in the file. By default, the content of keystorePasswordfile.key file is from /var/config/config-substitutions.properties file.
3. Save the file to your preferred location such as myDir and then export the location of keystorePasswordfile.key file to org.apache.geronimo.keyStoreTrustStorePasswordFile.
   
   <ul> <li>On a Linux system <div class="panel" style="border-style: dashed;border-width: 1px;"><div class="panelContent"> <p>export JAVA_OPTS="-Dorg.apache.geronimo.keyStoreTrustStorePasswordFile=$<em>myDir</em>/KeystoreTrustSotrePasswordFile.key"</p> </div></div></li> </ul>
   <ul> <li>On a Windows system <div class="panel" style="border-style: dashed;border-width: 1px;"><div class="panelContent"> <p>set JAVA_OPTS="-Dorg.apache.geronimo.keyStoreTrustStorePasswordFile=%<em>myDir</em>%/KeystoreTrustSotrePasswordFile.key"</p> </div></div></li> </ul>
4. Initiate a connecting request to the server via SSL, then you will see the connection is successfully acquired. For example, using available commands on the server that support --secure option.