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Exporting Certificates

After obtaining an SSL certificate, the certificate must be exported into an Avalanche-readable format.

Exporting a Certificate to PKCS #12

Prior to using a signed certificate in Avalanche, the file must be in the correct format. For example, activating SSL on the Avalanche Smart device server through the Web Console requires a certificate with the PKSC #12 extension.

To export a certificate to PKCS #12:

1.From a command line, navigate to:

[OpenSSL installation directory]\bin

2.Use the command:

openssl pkcs12 -export -in ca.pem -inkey privateKey.key -out avalanche.p12

For signed certificates, if the certificate authority sent the certificate chain separate from the certificate, include -certfile CACert.crt within the command, where CACert.crt is the file name provided by the certificate authority.

3.Enter the pass phrase associated with the private key file.

4.Enter an export password. Verify the export password again.

The PKCS #12 file generates.

To import the new certificate to a Smart device server, see Importing Certificates for the Smart Device Server. To import the certificate into a Tomcat server, see Configuring Tomcat to Use an SSL Certificate. To use a certificate for Remote Control 4.1.3, continue to the next section.

Exporting from OpenSSL to Keytool

The certificate must be stored in the Java keystore to enable SSL on Remote Control 4.1.3.

To import a certificate from OpenSSL to the Keystore:

1.From the location of certificate.p12, use the command:

keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore certificate.p12 -srcstoretype PKCS12 -deststoretype JKS -destkeystore keystore.jks

2.Enter a destination keystore password and verify it.

3.Enter the source pass phrase associated with the private key file.

4.Place the JKS certificate at the following location:

[Remote Control installation directory]\cfg

The default configuration settings for Remote Control will look for a file called keystore.