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Creating SSL certificates for your Liberty profile using the Utilities menu

Using the Liberty profile Utilities menu in the developer tools, we can create an SSL certificate.

1. In the Servers view, right-click your Liberty server profile, and select Utilities > Create SSL Certificate.

2. On the Create SSL Certificate page, we can create a default secure socket layer (SSL) certificate to use with your server.
   1. In the Keystore password field, type a password for your SSL certificate.

   2. Click the Specify validity period (days) field, and specify the number of days you want the certificate to be valid for. Minimum length of time is 365 days.

   3. Click the Specify subject (DN): field, and provide a value for your SSL subject.

3. Click Finish.

Parent topic: Secure communications with the Liberty profile

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