[FIXED] How do I specify local file path to my ssl keystore file in spring application.properties?

Issue

Given I have file in c:\path\to\file\keystore.jks

and my application.properties file contains server.ssl.key-store=c:\path\to\file\keystore.jks

I get the following exception java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Windows\Temp\tomcat.2910824355292831382\file:\c:\path\to\file\keystore.jks (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)

What is the correct way to specify the path?

Solution

Check which version of tomcat is being used by spring boot. According to this github issue tomcat versions less than 7.0.66 relativize the server.ssl.key-store setting.

Answered By - joe90p