Create a service provider key store for SAML

Create a Java key store containing the following items for your instance to sign logout requests.

Before you begin

Role Required: admin.

About this task

• Signed server certificate for the instance
• Signed CA certificate
• Public and private key pair

You may create your own signed certificate with a private certificate authority or purchase one from a public certificate authority.

The following steps illustrate how to generate a new Java Keytool keystore file, create a certificate signing request (CSR), and import certificates. Any root or intermediate certificates need to be imported before importing the primary certificate for your domain. Type these commands in a command line interface.

Note:

These instructions are not specific to the platform and require technical knowledge of security certificates to complete. Technical Support cannot assist in creating the certificates.

Procedure

1. Generate a Java keystore and key pair.

   keytool -genkey -alias mydomain -keyalg RSA -keystore my.keystore

2. Generate a CSR for an existing Java keystore.

   keytool -certreq -alias mydomain -keystore my.keystore -file mydomain.csr

3. Import a root or intermediate certificate authority CA certificate to an existing Java keystore.

   keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias root -file Thawte.crt -keystore my.keystore

4. Import a signed primary certificate to an existing Java keystore.

   keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias mydomain -file mydomain.crt -keystore my.keystore