Copying the Certificate Keystore File to the New Server

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You can copy the certificate keystore file used for SSL communication from the existing server to the new server.

  1. Open the server.xml file on the existing server. The location of the server.xml file depends on the platform and how you installed Jamf Pro. If you used the Jamf Pro Installer to install Jamf Pro, the server.xml file is in the following locations:

    • Linux: /var/local/jss/tomcat/conf/server.xml

    • Windows: C:\Program Files\JSS\Tomcat\conf\server.xml

  2. Find the location of the keystore file by locating the following line:
    keystoreFile="/path/to/keystore-file"
  3. Copy or make note of the keystore password from the server.xml file on the existing server. It should look similar to the following: 
    keystorePass="changeit"
  4. Copy the certificate keystore file from the existing server (or backup of the JSS folder) to the new server.
  5. Modify the server.xml file on the new server to point to the keystore file by locating the Connector Port element and adding the following lines:
    keystoreFile="/path/to/keystore-file"
keystorePass="changeit"
  6. Restart Tomcat on the new server.