Keytool Operations

External

• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/security/crypto/HowToImplAProvider.html#Step6

Internal

• keytool

Generate a Public/Private Key Pair

A key pair can be generated and placed in the keystore with the following command:

keytool \
   -genkeypair \
   -alias jce-provider-signing-key \
   -keyalg DSA \
   -keysize 1024 \
   -dname "cn=Nova Ordis LLC, ou=Java Software Code Signing, o=Sun Microsystems Inc" \
   -keystore ./test-keystore.jks \
   -storepass n7ejfh2jef234rBe

Generate a Certificate Signing Request

A certificate signing request can be generated with the following command:

keytool -certreq -alias jce-provider-signing-key -file novaordis-jce-provider2.csr -keystore ./jce-provider-signing-keystore.jks -storepass n7ejfh2jef234rBe

Inspect the Certificate

The certificate data can be displayed with:

keytool -printcert -v -file ./test-cert.pem

It accepts certificates in PEM format.