How to access https service endpoint from wso2 esb

this is applicable in wso2 esb 4.8.1

first download the certificate file(.crt) from the service side.

Then place it in a proper place.

Then from command line add the certificate to the ESBs .jks store by using below command,

[user@localhost bin]$ keytool -import -file <location of downloaded crt file>/<filename>.crt -alias myservice -keystore <wso2HOME>/repository/resources/security/client-truststore.jks

it will ask password,

give the password,

by defaul wso2 jks password is “wso2carbon”

then give yes for the question as below,

Trust this certificate? [no]:  yes

thats it .. now you can access the service.

** if you are using a ip address in url instead of using name, you have to change axis2.xml in <carbonHOME>/repository/conf/axis2/ as below,

<parameter name="HostnameVerifier">AllowAll</parameter>

also remember to restart the carbon server after all these changes.

** if you still cannot give wsdl url when the creation of the proxy service,

go to ,

                        Publish WSDL Options

and select,

                        specify in-line

in the text area paste your full wsdl definitions

then you can create proxy service without any errors.