You must use endeca-cmd interface global options to specify the location of the keystore and truststore files.
To enable SSL for the endeca-cmd interface:
C:\Oracle\Endeca\Server\7.4.0\endeca-cmd>endeca-cmd status-ds books --port 8443 --host app23.example.com --keystore c:\mykeys\keystore --truststore c:\mykeys\truststore key store password: trust store password: Current State: Stopped Data Files: C:\Oracle\Endeca\Server\7.4.0\endeca-server\data\books WS Port: 7773 Bulk Load Port: 7774 Startup Timeout (s): 60 Shutdown Timeout (s): 60
Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect caused by: Password verification failed