GenKey

Description

Generates a key in a keystore.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
alias	the alias to add under	Yes.
storepass	password for keystore integrity. Must be at least 6 characters long	Yes.
keystore	keystore location	No
storetype	keystore type	No
keypass	password for private key (if different)	No
sigalg	the algorithm to use in signing	No
keyalg	the method to use when generating name-value pair	No
verbose	(true | false) verbose output when signing	No
dname	The distinguished name for entity	Yes if dname element unspecified
saname	The subject alternative name for entity. Requires Java 7 or higher.	No
validity	(integer) indicates how many days certificate is valid	No
keysize	(integer) indicates the size of key generated	No

Alternatively you can specify the distinguished name by creating a sub-element named dname and populating it with param elements that have a name and a value. When using the subelement it is automatically encoded properly and commas (",") are replaced with "\,".

The following two examples are identical:

Examples

<genkey alias="apache-group" storepass="secret" 
  dname="CN=Ant Group, OU=Jakarta Division, O=Apache.org, C=US"/>

<genkey alias="apache-group" storepass="secret" >
  <dname>
    <param name="CN" value="Ant Group"/>
    <param name="OU" value="Jakarta Division"/>
    <param name="O"  value="Apache.Org"/>
    <param name="C"  value="US"/>
  </dname>
</genkey>