Setting Up SSL for Airsonic on Windows

#Airsonic #Stream #Windows #SSL

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0165.html

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

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