July 20, 2011

HOW TO : Export and import certificates using keytool

Keytool is a java utility to manage SSL key databases (stores). Here are a couple of options for using this tool

  • List the certificates in the keystore

[code]keytool -list -keystore NAME_OF_KEYSTORE_FILE [/code]

  • Export a particular certificate from the keystore

[code]keytool -export -alias ALIAS_NAME_OF_CERT -keystore NAME_OF_KEYSTORE_FILE [/code]

  • Import a certificate into the keystore

[code]keytool -import -alias ALIAS_NAME_YOU_WANT -keystore NAME_OF_KEYSTORE_FILE -file NAME_OF_CERT_FILE_TO_IMPORT [/code]

July 20, 2011 by HOWTO Networking Technology Uncategorized 1