Keystore

Create Keystore

The creation of the KeyStore is done with the original Oracle JAVA tool KeyTool, which is supplied with JAVA.

• The argument -genkey is used for key generation.
• -alias names the key.
• -keystore names the key file. If the argument is missing, the new key is added to the default keystore.
• -keyalg determines the algorithm.
• -keysize determines the key length in bits.
• Validity determines the validity of the key in days.

Display content of the keystore

With the tool keytool you can also display the content of a keystore:

More links for further reading

A good description of how to create the keystore can be found here: Create Keystore