Creating a server key pair and certificate

Follow these steps to create a server key pair and a server certificate.

1. On the server system, issue the following command to to create a server key pair in a key store guarded by the secretServerPassword password:

   keytool -genkey -alias MyServerName -keystore ~/vault/ServerKeyStore
   Enter keystore password: secretServerPassword
   ...

2. Issue the following command (all on one line) to create a certificate named ServerCertificate from this key:

   keytool -export -alias MyServerName \
   -keystore ~/vault/ServerKeyStore -rfc -file ServerCertificate \
   -storepass secretServerPassword