Share Login Problems when forcing Tomcat to use only SSL/HTTPS (Alfresco 5.0.d)

Dear all,

I'm completely new to Alfresco and also web servers, so please excuse any easy or "dumb" question. For a university project, my team and me are supposed to develop an Alfresco plugin. I am currently responsible for installing and configuring on our own server for testing purposes. I dislike the idea that the Alfresco installer comes "all in one" and does not make use of pre-installed software on the server, such as a database or a webserver. Hence, I decided to manually install the components.

Up to now, I did the following:

• Install Java 8.


• Install Tomcat 7 and enable SSL support using self-signed certificates (it is only a test environment).


• Install MariaDB (MySQL).


• Followed instructions at http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/tasks/alf-war-install.html

I dislik the fact that the share log in possible using only HTTPS, so I wanted to enforce HTTPS on Tomcat. To do so, I added the following lines to /var/lib/tomcat7/conf/web.xml:

<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Protected Context</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<!-- auth-constraint goes here if you requre authentication -->
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>

Furthermore, I edited my /var/lib/tomcat7/conf/server.xml:

<Connector port="8080" enableLookups="false"

       redirectPort="8443"/>

I also changed /var/lib/tomcat7/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties file accordingly:

#

# URL Generation Parameters (The ${localname} token is replaced by the local server name)

#-------------

alfresco.context=alfresco

alfresco.host=${localname}

#alfresco.port=8080

alfresco.port=8443

alfresco.protocol=https
 

share.context=share

share.host=${localname}

#share.port=8080

share.port=8443

share.protocol=https

However, since I forced Tomcat to use HTTPS, I can no longer log in to share. My (correct) credentials are simply rejected. I attached alfresco.log and share.log. I already googled for a solution, but I did not get any further. I read about similar problems which were solved by using both Apache httpd and Tomcat. If possible, I would like to avoid installing another web server to keep the complexity low. As I already mentioned, I'm very new to this field.

I would really appreciate suggestions and comments from you. If you need further information, just let me know.

Thanks in advance and kind regards,

dfxx