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Obtaining a certificate from a certificate authority

You can use a certificate from a certificate authority (CA) to configure SSL communication for WebLogic.

Procedure

To obtain a certificate from a certificate authority:

  1. Generate a certificate request by entering the following command:
    keytool -certreq -alias "YourHostName, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown,
        C=Unknown" -file certRequest.txt
  2. Go to the certificate authority website and use the certRequest.txt request file to get the server certificate.
  3. Save the server certificate in the same folder as the keystore that you created. For example, save the certificate file as the WL_HOME/user_projects/domains/domain_name/certnew.p7b file.
  4. Import the certificate to your keystore by entering the following command:
    keytool -import -alias cpe-alias-ca -keystore server.keystore 
     -storepass YourStorePassword -file certnew.p7b
  5. Verify that the certificate was imported to the keystore by entering the following command:
    keytool -list -v -keystore server.keystore -storepass YourStorePassword


Last updated: October 2015
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