3.1 Create Identity Store with Self-Signed Certificates

Self-signed certificates are acceptable for use in a testing or development environment. Oracle Financial Services Software Limited does not recommend the use of self-signed certificates in a production environment.

You can create the self-signed certificate using the command. For creating a self-signed certificate, the genkeypair option provided by the keytool utility of Sun Java 6 needs to be utilized.

To create a self-signed certificate:

Browse to the bin folder of JRE from the command prompt and type the following command.

keytool -genkeypair -alias alias -keyalg RSA -keysize 1024 -sigalg SHA1withRSA -validity 365 -keystore keystore

Note:

The items highlighted in bold are placeholders and should be replaced with suitable values when running the command.

In the above command,

Table 3-1 Description of Placeholders and Attributes

Placeholder/Attribute	Description
alias	alias is used to identify the public and private key pair created. This alias is required later when configuring the SSL attributes for the managed servers in Oracle Weblogic Server.
keystore	keystore is used to specify the location of the JKS file. If no JKS file is present in the path provided, a JKS file will be created. The command will prompt for the following attributes of the certificate and keystore:
Keystore Password	Specify a password that will be used to access the keystore. This password needs to be specified later when configuring the identity store in Oracle Weblogic Server.
Key Password	Specify a password that will be used to access the private key stored in the keystore. This password needs to be specified later when configuring the SSL attributes of the managed server(s) in the Oracle Weblogic Server.
First and Last Name (CN)	Enter the domain name of the machine used to access Oracle Banking Branch, for instance, www.example.com
Name of your Organizational Unit	The name of the department or unit making the request, for example, BPD. Use this field to further identify the SSL Certificate you are creating, for example, by department or by the physical server.
Name of your Organization	The name of the organization making the certificate request, for example, Oracle Financial Services Software Limited. It is recommended to use the company or organization's formal name, and this name entered here must match the name found in official records.
Name of your City or Locality	The city in which your organization is physically located, for example, Mumbai.
Name of your State or Province	The state/province in which your organization is physically located, for example, Maharashtra.
Two-Letter Country Code for this Unit	The country in which your organization is physically located, for example, US, UK, IN, etc.

Note:

The key generation algorithm has been specified as RSA, and the key size as 1024 bits, the signature algorithm as SHA1withRSA, and the validity days as 365. These can be changed to suitable values if the need arises. For further details, please refer to the documentation of the keytool utility in the JDK utilized by the Oracle Weblogic Server.

For example:

The result of a sample execution of the command is listed below:

D:\Oracle\weblogic11g\jrockit_160_05_R27.6.2-20\bin>keytool - genkeypair -alias selfcert -keyalg RSA -keysize 1024 -sigalg SHA1withRSA -validity 365 -keystore D:\keystores\AdminOBREMOKeyStore.jks

Enter keystore password:<Enter a password to protect the keystore>

Re-enter new password:<Confirm the password keyed above>

What is your first and last name?

[Unknown]: cvrhp0729.oracle.com

What is the name of your organizational unit?

[Unknown]: BPD

What is the name of your organization?

[Unknown]: Oracle Financial Services Software Limited

What is the name of your City or Locality?

[Unknown]: Mumbai

What is the name of your State or Province?

[Unknown]: Maharashtra

What is the two-letter country code for this unit?

[Unknown]: IN

Is CN=cvrhp0729.oracle.com, OU=BPD, O=Oracle Financial Services, L=Mumbai, ST=Maharashtra, C=IN correct?

[no]: yes

Enter key password for <selfcert>

(RETURN if same as keystore password):<Enter a password to protect the key>

Re-enter new password:<Confirm the password keyed above>