Thursday, November 17, 2011

Installing certificate for SSL

Java has a keystore in JDK/jre/lib/security/cacerts

Existing certificates can be seen by using

keytool -list -keystore JDK_PATH/jre/lib/security/cacerts

Exporting a certificate from the store
keytool -export -alias mydomain -file janecertfile.cer -keystore keystore.jks

View a certificate
keytool -printcert -file janecertfile.cer

Importing a certificate
keytool -import -alias mydomain -file janecertfile.cer -keystore ~/install/jdk1.7.0/jre/lib/security/cacerts