Creating Truststore

A Keystore is a collection of certificates and private keys. You can use a Keystore with your security policies and web service consumer activities. Keystore stores your certificates and private keys that you can give to your client. You can create a Keystore either manually or by uploading a Keystore file. To create a Keystore,

1. Click Account > Security Settings.
2. Click Key Entries tab and do the following:
   1. If you want to create a Keystore by uploading a Keystore file, click Import. The Import Keystore window appears.
      
      
      
      
      1. Click Browse. 
      2. The Open dialog box appears. 
      3. Explore to your PKCS12 or JKS Keystore file type and click Open.
      4. Provide the Keystore password in the Keystore Passphrase.
      5. Click Save to create a Keystore.

   2. If you want to create a Keystore manually, click Generate. The Generate Key Pair window appears.
      
      

      Field Name	Description
      Name	Name of the Keystore.
      Description	Description of the Keystore.
      Keystore Type	Type of Keystore file type either PKCS12 or JKS.
      Keystore Password	Password of the Keystore you want to set.
      Confirm Password	Confirm the password of your Keystore.
      Private Key Password	Password of your private key that you want to set.
      Confirm Password	Confirm the password of your private key.
      Alias	A unique name for the identity of the Keystore that you are creating.
      Key Algorithm	An algorithm to encrypt your Keystore. You can choose from either DSA or RSA
      Key Size	Encryption key size of the encryption algorithm. The minimum size for DSA is 512 and for RSA is 1024 but it is recommended to use an algorithm of at least 1024 and 2048 key size respectively.
      Common Name	A unique name to associate with the generated certificate, like a name of a person, for example, "Susan Jones".
      Organization Unit	Name of the organization unit where you work.
      Organization Name	Name of your organization.
      Locality	Locality of your organization.
      State	State where your organization is situated.
      Country	Country where your organization is located.
      Validity	Number of days for which your Keystore will be valid.
      Signature Algorithm	An algorithm to encrypt your signature. You can choose from SHA1 with DSA, SHA1 with RSA, MD5 with RSA, and RIPEMD160 with RSA.

3. The Keystore is created successfully and is displayed on the Key entries screen.