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When Apinizer Worker applications are desired to be opened with HTTPS, it supports pfx and jks certificates. However, organizations may still want to load pfx certificates in jks format. This document explains how this conversion can be done with the help of “Keystore Explorer” program to help with this situation.

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Converting Certificate Files to jks Format with Keystore Explorer (KSE)

pfx file is opened with KSE. Opening PFX File with KSE Right-click export key pair is selected for the file inside. Export Key Pair Keypair is exported in pkcs12 format with .p12 extension. Export in PKCS12 Format JKS type is selected with new file creation option. JKS Type Selection The .p12 file exported just now is imported to the created file with import keypair option: Import Keypair Import Keypair 2 Optional alias can be entered. The point to pay attention to is that if there is another certificate with the same alias, it should not be overwritten. Alias Entry New password is given, the point to pay attention to is that the given password and jks password should be the same, if there is no password, jks should also have no password. Password Entry Then right-click on the imported keypair and select export certificate chain option: Export Certificate Chain When exporting, it is necessary to select Entire Chain and X.509 options Export Options Then this exported certificate is imported to jks. Optional alias can be entered. The point to pay attention to is that if there is a certificate with the same alias, it should not be overwritten. Import Certificate The final state should be as follows: Final State File is saved and closed with the password given to keypair. Saving File