How to configure SSL certificates in a REST step?

Products

• Service Virtualization

Issue/Introduction

How to configure a client keystore in REST step?

Environment

Release: Supported versions of DevTest
Component:  Application Test

Cause

 

N/A

Resolution

You will have to supply the path to the client keystore and specify its password in the local.properties file of the Workstation using the below properties. Please note that these properties define the keystore of the Workstation. 

        ssl.client.cert.path= Path to the keystore (For example: C:/DevTest/Proj/Test/jks or /apps/CA/DevTest/Test.jks)

        ssl.client.cert.pass= Cleartext password

        ssl.client.key.pass= Cleartext password

        ssl.client.alias= Alias name

Please note that creating JKS files and importing the key pair certs in to it is not a product feature but JAVA feature which can be done in various ways like using keytool commands or using openly available tool called "Portecle". 

You can also use the HTTP-HTML request step for GET calls and the Web Service Execution step for POST calls which has XML/JSON request body.

These two steps contains the SSL tab that allows a keystore to be specified.

The documentation for these steps can be found in the links below:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-6/reference/test-step-descriptions/web-web-services-steps/http-html-request-step.html

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-6/reference/test-step-descriptions/web-web-services-steps/web-service-execution-xml-step.html

 

Additional Information

There is a request for enhancement created for 2-way SSL support for REST Step:

https://community.broadcom.com/ideation/allideas