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Export a certificate for SSL encryption to a local file system.

Context

You can export two types of certificates, X.509 and PKCS #12.

  • For a key entry which has a private key, you can export the entry as an X.509 or PKCS #12 certificate.
  • For a key entry which has no private key, you can only export the entry as an X.509 certificate.

Procedure

  1. Select a key store entry from the Key Store Properties dialog.
  2. Click Export.
  3. If the certificate has a private key:
    1. Select the Certificate type.
    2. Enter and confirm the password to protect the private key in the exported .p12 file.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click Finish to save the certificate to a file.
  6. Select a location to export the file to the local file system.

    An exported X.509 certificate is saved as a certificate_<alias>.cer file.

    An exported PKCS #12 certificate is saved as a certificate_<alias>.p12 file.