This section uses Java keytool commands to generate a new key pair on the Vectera Plus, create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), issue a certificate through an internal or external CA, and import the signed certificate and its accompanying CA certificate into a Java KeyStore.
Perform the following tasks to ensure that you can use jarsigner and the signed certificate to sign a JAR file in the next section:
- Generate a server key pair and self-signed certificate.
- Generate and export a CSR.
- Import a CA root certificate.
- Import the server certificate signed by the CA.
Because the JDK 8 installation includes keytool, you can run the commands without additional configuration.
Generate a key pair and certificate
Perform the following steps to generate a server key pair and self-signed certificate:
Execute the following command:-alias sets a name to identify the key pair and certificate to be generated. It can be any name (for example, JarSignerDemo).
keytool -genkeypair -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -alias KeytoolDemo -keystore NONE -storetype PKCS11 -providerclass sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 -providerName SunPKCS11-Futurex
When prompted, enter the following information for the server certificate you want to generate and enter a new KeyStore password, which all subsequent keytool and jarsigner commands use:What is your first and last name?
[Unknown]: www.example.com
What is the name of your organizational unit?
[Unknown]: Engineering
What is the name of your organization?
[Unknown]: Futurex
What is the name of your City or Locality?
[Unknown]: Bulverde
What is the name of your State or Province?
[Unknown]: TX
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
[Unknown]: US
Is CN=www.example.com, OU=Engineering, O=Futurex, L=Bulverde, ST=TX, C=US correct?
[no]: yes
Generate and export a CSR
Perform the following steps to generate and export a CSR:
To generate and export a CSR, run the following command:keytool -certreq -alias KeytoolDemo -file example.csr -keystore NONE -storetype PKCS11 -providerclass sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 -providerName SunPKCS11-Futurex
Enter the KeyStore password.
Send the CSR to a third-party or internal CA to get it signed.The CA returns the server certificate and CA certificate for you to import.
Import a certificate
Perform the following steps to import a CA root certificate:
To import the CA root certificate, run the following command:keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias KeytoolDemoCA -keystore NONE -file ssl-ca-cert.pem -storetype PKCS11 -providerclass sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 -providerName SunPKCS11-Futurex
Enter the KeyStore password.
When prompted to trust the certificate, enter Yes as shown in the following example:Trust this certificate?
[no]: yes
Certificate was added to keystore.
Import the signed certificate
Perform the following steps to import a server certificate signed by CA:
To import the signed server certificate, run the following command:keytool -importcert -alias KeytoolDemo -keystore NONE -file signed-example-cert.pem -storetype PKCS11 -providerclass sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 -providerName SunPKCS11-Futurex
Enter the KeyStore password.If the command was successful, you should see an output similar to the following:Certificate reply was installed in keystore.
