Generates a key in keystore. This task needs Java1.2 or later
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 |
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 , are replace
The following two examples are identical:
<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>
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