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Example: Create a Self-Signed Certificate

This example shows you how to create a self-signed certificate.

Important! Regarding a self-signed certificate, trusting the issuer is problematic. In a production environment, use a certificate issued by a trusted Certificate Authority.

Follow these steps:

1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Enter the following command:

   keytool -genkey -alias name -keyalg RSA -keystore server.keystore
   

   -alias name

   Defines the alias to use for adding an entry to the keystore.

   -keyalg

   Specifies the algorithm to use to generate the key pair.

   The keytool utility starts.

3. Place your certificate in the following folder:

   gm_directory\eurekify-jboss\server\eurekify\conf
   

4. Complete the prompts as required and press Enter.

   A server.keystore file is created and positioned in the specified folder.