Definition
The application server's PSE for securing HTTP communications using the SSL protocol (HTTPS connections) when the application server is the server component for the communication.
If the SAP Web Application Server also communicates as a client component, then it uses one of the SSL client PSEs when establishing the HTTPS connection.
Structure
This PSE contains the application server's security information including its key pair and its corresponding certificate list. The certificate list contains the list of Certification Authorities (CAs) that the server trusts. The SSL server PSE's certificate list should be quite restrictive and contain only those public-key certificates from the CAs that the server accepts.
Integration
When you create the SSL server PSE, the system generates a default PSE for the system. Alternatively you can create individual SSL server PSEs for specific servers. The system then distributes the PSEs to the application servers accordingly. The application servers that are not assigned an individual SSL server PSE receive the default SSL server PSE. The system stores the PSE in the file
$(DIR_INSTANCE)/sec/SAPSSLS.pse on each application server.