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Before the CA can issue you the certificate, you should generate private key and the certificate request and send it to the CA for signing. For the instructions below to work, the certificate request and the private key should be generated with the openssl command, the same way as for Apache web server. If you decide to buy the certificate from GoDaddy - very popular hosting provider, which also issues the certificate - generate the private key and certificate request according to http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5269/generating-a-certificate-signing-request-csr-apache-2x.
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While generating the private key and certificate request In Windows, you should replace the |
Importing Certificate into the Trust-Store
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To enable a certificate, you need to use the Java keytool - a key and certificate management utility. The keytool stores the keys and certificates in a so-called keystore.
Windows
It is assumed that you have both the private key file and certificate file in the PEM format and OpenSSL tool for Windows is installed into. It is also assumed that the private key file is called wildcard.r1soft.com.keyand key and the certificate file is called called wildcard.r1soft.com.key and both are on disk C, in the root directory.
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You can download OpenSSL for Windows installation package from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/openssl.htm. |
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Windows:
Given user name uName, the "user.home" property value defaults to:
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C:\Winnt\Profiles\uName on multi-user Windows NT systems
C:\Windows\Profiles\uName on multi-user Windows 95 systems
C:\Windows on single-user Windows 95 systems
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Read more about Java keytool for Windows:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/keytool.html
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Linux:
The keystore is by default stored in a file named .keystore in the user's home directory, as determined by the "user.home" system property. If you do not specify a -keystore option, the default keystore is a file named .keystore in your home directory.
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Read more about Java keytool for Linux:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/keytool.html.
Configuring Backup Manager for SSL Communication
See Configure Web Server Options.
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Instructions on how to install a certificate signed by an authority.
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