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Create the properties file security realm with the steps described in **. The properties files should be based on the client certificate intended to be used for client authentication. For example, the user and group properties files based on the My_Private_key created above is as follows:

client1=CN=localhost,OU=Geronimo,O=Apache,L=My_City,ST=My_State,C=CC
client2=CN=localhost2,OU=Geronimo,O=Apache,L=Your_City,ST=Your_State,C=CC

admin=client1,client2

Configure the deployment descriptor and deployment plan of the your web application to use the properties file security realm created for client authentication. For example, applications which use the HTTP header-based authentication must configure their deployment descriptor as follows:

You can install a client certificate into the web browser to authenticate against Web servers. The client certificate should be based on the information provided in the group and user properties files.

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