Generating a Private Key and a Keystore

1. To generate a keystore, you need a JDK installed with its /bin directory in your path

2. Create a keystore using this command:

 keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore keystore.jks

keytool will ask you to enter the values for Common Name (CN), Organizational Unit (OU), Oranization(O), Locality (L), State (S) and Country (C). CN should match the domain name of your webapp if you are planning to use this keystore for your servlet container

You can verify keystore contents using this command:

 keytool -list -v -keystore keystore.jks

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