Thank you Anthony, I only found one reference on how to use the .pfx file and wanted to validate. The first option for pointing the server.xml referenced that i needed to use the java keytool and put the file in a jks. I was able to do this, I really appreciate your response. I just had to follow the instructions in the upper half of the document and then the second option for pointing to the new file since it had the keystoreType field in the xml.