Self-signed certificate in tomcat

Hi,

Can anyone pls help with this. I need to accept a self signed certificate in tomcat 5.5.2 and i am getting this error.
keytool error: java.io.IOException: Invalid keystore format

Can someone pls list the steps to perform this action on unix.

Thanks,
Sarika.

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thanks,
bear
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Find the Documentation here

Here's the cheat sheet that I made:

Cheat Sheet for creating a self signed certificate.
 
1. create a directory to store your certificate.
        IE: "C:\ssl"
 
2. Open a command window (dos prompt) and CD to that directory.
        c:
        cd \ssl
 
3. type:
        keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore ./keystore
 
        NOTE: The keytool will then ask you a series of questions.
              For.
                Password: 
                        Use something you will remember.
 
                First & Last Name:  
                        Use the domain or IP that you will be using to
                        access the site with.
                        If you're only hitting tomcat from the local machine
                        use "localhost".
                        If you don't, the user will be warned that the certificate
                        is for a different domain.
 
                Organizational Unit: 
                        Any String (just remember it).
 
                Name of your organization:
                        Your company name.
 
                Name of your city:
                        The name of your city.
 
                Name of your state or province.
                        Use the full spelling of your state with the first
                        letter captialized ("Massachusetts").
 
                The two letter contry code for this unit.
                        Make sure it's upper case ("US")
 
        You will be shown all of your entries and asked to confirm.
                Hit enter.
 
        You will be asked for your password again with the option to 
        just hit enter.
                Hit enter
 
        The keystore will be generated in the current working directory.
 
4. Open server.xml, located in TOMCAT\conf.
        Find and uncomment the SSL <Connector port entry.
 
        NOTE: XML uses the "" end symbols 
                to begin and end comments.
 
        NOTE: There is a comment just above it that looks like this:
         
 
5. Add two more attributes to this tag:
        keystoreFile="PATH TO YOUR KEY STORE"
        and:
        keystorePass="YOUR PASSWORD"
 
6. Restart Tomcat.

Screenshot of a keytool session:
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[bsouther@bsouther ssl]$ keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore ./keystore
Enter keystore password:  myPassword
What is your first and last name?
  [Unknown]:  localhost
What is the name of your organizational unit?
  [Unknown]:  webdev
What is the name of your organization?
  [Unknown]:  company
What is the name of your City or Locality?
  [Unknown]:  Plymouth
What is the name of your State or Province?
  [Unknown]:  Massachusetts
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
  [Unknown]:  US
Is CN=localhost, OU=asp, O=company, L=Plymouth, ST=Massachusetts, C=US correct?
  [no]:  yes
                                                                                          
Enter key password for <tomcat>
        (RETURN if same as keystore password):
 
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Example of a configured server.xml file:
==========================================================================
                                                                                          
    
    <Connector port="8443"
               maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
               maxThreads="150"
               minSpareThreads="25"
               maxSpareThreads="75"
               enableLookups="false"
               disableUploadTimeout="true"
               acceptCount="100"
               scheme="https"
               secure="true"
               clientAuth="false"
               sslProtocol="TLS"
               keystoreFile="c:\ssl\keystore"
               keystorePass="myPassword" />
 
==========================================================================