SSL on tomcat fails with 'Exception trying to load keystore'

Issue

• Installed SSL on  tomcat5. Tomcat don't open the 8443 port.

• SSL on tomcat fails with the following exception :

  INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: /usr/lib/gcj-4.1.2
  org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init
  INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
  org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory getStore
  SEVERE: Exception trying to load keystore /usr/share/tomcat5
  java.security.KeyStoreException: JKS
     at java.security.KeyStore.getInstance(libgcj.so.7rh)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.getStore(tomcat-util-5.5.23.jar.so)
  ..
  ...
  SEVERE: Error initializing endpoint
  java.io.IOException: Exception trying to load keystore /usr/share/tomcat5: JKS
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.getStore(tomcat-util-5.5.23.jar.so)
  ....
  .....
  LifecycleException:  Protocol handler initialization failed: java.io.IOException: Exception trying to load keystore /usr/share/tomcat5: JKS
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initialize(catalina-5.5.23.jar.soc62u0j.so)