# Setting Up SSL for Airsonic on Windows

## Prerequisites

- A XCA PKI database https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ

## Create Your SSL Certificate

1. Launch XCA
2. Open the PKI database if it is not already (File > Open DataBase), enter password
3. Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate
4. Select New
5. On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected
6. Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down
7. Click the Subject tab
8. Complete the Distinguished Name section

   internalName: Airsonic SSL
   countryName: US
   stateOrProvinceName: Virginia
   localityName: Northern
   organizationName: i12bretro
   organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority
   commonName: airsonic.i12bretro.local

9. Click the Generate a New Key button
10. Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048
11. Click Create
12. Click on the Extensions tab
13. Select End Entity from the type list
14. Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name
15. Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify
16. Update the validity dates to fit your needs
17. Click the Key Usage tab
18. Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
19. Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication
20. Click the Netscape tab
21. Select SSL Server
22. Click OK to create the certificate

## Exporting Required Files

1. In XCA, click on the Certificates tab
2. Right click the SSL certificate > Export > File
3. Set the file name with a .crt extension and verify the export format is PKCS #12 (*.p12)
4. Enter the password airsonic and confirm, Click OK
5. Click OK

## Applying the SSL Certificates to Airsonic

1. Stop the Apache Tomcat service
2. Navigate to the Apache Tomcat/conf directory in Explorer
3. Edit the server.xml file in a text editor
4. Comment out the existing connector and paste the following:

   <Connector port="8000"
   protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol"
   maxThreads="150"
   SSLEnabled="true"
   SSLProtocol="TLS"
   clientAuth="false"
   secure="true"
   scheme="https"
   SSLCertificateFile="G:\xampp\~certificates\airsonic.i12bretro.local.crt"
   SSLCertificateKeyFile="G:\xampp\~certificates\airsonic.i12bretro.local.key"
   SSLCertificateChainFile="G:\xampp\~certificates\ca-chain.pem"
   keyAlias="airsonic.i12bretro.local"
   sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1.1+TLSv1.2+TLSv1.3">
   <UpgradeProtocol className="org.apache.coyote.http2.Http2Protocol" />
   </Connector>

5. Go back to the Services dialog and start Apache Tomcat
6. Open a web browser and navigate to https://DNSorIP:8000/airsonic
7. Airsonic should now be running securely with https using the new certificate