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Create self-signed certificates using scripting

Use the Jython or Jacl scripting language to create self-signed certificates with wsadmin.

Before starting this task, wsadmin must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article for more information. We can create self-signed certificates using the scripting and AdminTask. We can run the commands in interactive or batch mode. Interactive mode provides a way to discover the flags needed to run the task in batch mode.

Certificates reside inside of key stores. To run the commands, you will need the name of the key store to be supplied. Use the listKeyStore command of AdminTask to get a list of key stores. If you need a new key store, use the createKeyStore command of the AdminTask object.

To create a personal key stores:

• Interactive mode:

  • Jython:

    AdminTask.createSelfSignedCertificate ('[-interactive]')

  • Jacl:

    $AdminTask createSelfSignedCertificate -interactive

  Example output:

  *Key Store Name (keyStoreName): keyStore
  Key Store Scope Name (keyStoreScope):
  *Certificate Alias (certificateAlias): newCert
  "Certificate Version" (certificateVersion): 3
  *Key Size (certificateSize): [1024]
  *Common Name (certificateCommonName): localhost
  *Organization (certificateOrganization): workgroup
  Organizational Unit (certificateOrganizationalUnit): testing
  certLocality (certificateLocality): austin
  State (certificateState): Texas
  Zip (certificateZip): 78757
  Country (certificateCountry): [US]
  Validity Period (certificateValidDays): [365]
  Create Self-Signed Certificate 
  F (Finish)
  C (Cancel)
  
  Select [F, C]: [F]
  
  WASX7278I: Generated command line: $AdminTask createSelfSignedCertificate 
  {-keyStoreName keyStore -certificateAlias newCert -certificatev3 
  -certificateCommonName localhost -certificateOrganization ibm 
  -certificateOrganizationalUnit testing -certificateLocality austin 
  -certificateState Texas -certificateZip 78757 }
  true

  At the end of the output, the batch mode parameters are provided.

• Batch mode:

  • Jython:

    AdminTask.createSelfSignedCertificate ('[-keyStoreName keyStore 
    -certificateAlias newCert -certificatev3 -certificateSize 1024 
    -certificateCommonName localhost -certificateOrganization ibm 
    -certificateOrganizationalUnit testing -certificateLocality austin 
    -certificateState Texas -certificateZip 78757]')

  • Jacl:

    $AdminTask createSelfSignedCertificate {-keyStoreName keyStore 
    -certificateAlias newCert -certificatev3 -certificateSize 1024
    -certificateCommonName localhost -certificateOrganization ibm 
    -certificateOrganizationalUnit testing -certificateLocality austin 
    -certificateState Texas -certificateZip 78757 }

Related

Start the wsadmin scripting client using wsadmin.sh

Related information:

Commands for AdminTask using wsadmin.sh

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