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SSL Certificate Setup

Choose a password to enter later when prompted. This same password will be used for the keystore password and for another question a bit later as the key password for.

1. Run: "keytool -genkey -keyalg RSA -alias ssl -keystore [keystore name]"

Go through and answer the following questions:

Enter keystore password: [password]

Enter key password for:

(RETURN if same as keystore password): [password]

2. Run: "keytool -certreq -alias ssl -keyalg RSA -file certreq.csr -keystore [keystore name]"

The following will be prompted/shown:

Enter keystore password: [password]

The CSR will be saved in the current directory: BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST and END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST

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3. Submit the CSR to a signing authority (Thawte, Verisign, etc)

4. Download your certificate from the signing authority. Please remember to download the Certificate in PKCS#7 format

5. Import the Certificate into the keystore by running:

"keytool -import -alias ssl -trustcacerts -file mysignedcert.cer -keystore [keystore name]"

6. Configure the ofbiz-containers.xml file to point to your new keystore and password:

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