I would like to generate a key pair and insert it into a Java KeyStore programmatically. I can use the command line to do exactly what I want, but how to do that using Java code?
Here is the command line:
keytool -genkeypair \
-dname "cn=Unknown" \
-alias main \
-keyalg RSA \
-keysize 4096 \
-keypass 654321 \
-keystore C:\\Users\\Felipe\\ks \
-storepass 123456 \
-validity 365
Here is the Java code I have so far:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\Felipe\\ks");
) {
KeyPairGenerator keyPairGenerator = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA");
keyPairGenerator.initialize(4096, SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG"));
KeyPair keyPair = keyPairGenerator.generateKeyPair();
Certificate[] chain = {};
KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
keyStore.load(null, null);
keyStore.setKeyEntry("main", keyPair.getPrivate(), "654321".toCharArray(), chain); // Error: Private key must be accompanied by certificate chain
keyStore.store(fos, "123456".toCharArray());
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyStoreException | CertificateException | IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
But I keep getting the following error message: Private key must be accompanied by certificate chain
.
I think I should create a certificate and insert it into the certificate array, but how to do that?
Here's a nice Java function to generate self signed certificates programmatically (link):
private X509Certificate generateCertificate(String dn, KeyPair keyPair, int validity, String sigAlgName) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException {
PrivateKey privateKey = keyPair.getPrivate();
X509CertInfo info = new X509CertInfo();
Date from = new Date();
Date to = new Date(from.getTime() + validity * 1000L * 24L * 60L * 60L);
CertificateValidity interval = new CertificateValidity(from, to);
BigInteger serialNumber = new BigInteger(64, new SecureRandom());
X500Name owner = new X500Name(dn);
AlgorithmId sigAlgId = new AlgorithmId(AlgorithmId.md5WithRSAEncryption_oid);
info.set(X509CertInfo.VALIDITY, interval);
info.set(X509CertInfo.SERIAL_NUMBER, new CertificateSerialNumber(serialNumber));
info.set(X509CertInfo.SUBJECT, owner);
info.set(X509CertInfo.ISSUER, owner);
info.set(X509CertInfo.KEY, new CertificateX509Key(keyPair.getPublic()));
info.set(X509CertInfo.VERSION, new CertificateVersion(CertificateVersion.V3));
info.set(X509CertInfo.ALGORITHM_ID, new CertificateAlgorithmId(sigAlgId));
// Sign the cert to identify the algorithm that's used.
X509CertImpl certificate = new X509CertImpl(info);
certificate.sign(privateKey, sigAlgName);
// Update the algorith, and resign.
sigAlgId = (AlgorithmId) certificate.get(X509CertImpl.SIG_ALG);
info.set(CertificateAlgorithmId.NAME + "." + CertificateAlgorithmId.ALGORITHM, sigAlgId);
certificate = new X509CertImpl(info);
certificate.sign(privateKey, sigAlgName);
return certificate;
}
You can use it to generate a certificate from your key pair and insert it into the certificate chain in order to make the setKeyEntry()
method work:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\Felipe\\ks");
) {
KeyPairGenerator keyPairGenerator = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA");
keyPairGenerator.initialize(4096);
KeyPair keyPair = keyPairGenerator.generateKeyPair();
Certificate[] chain = {generateCertificate("cn=Unknown", keyPair, 365, "SHA256withRSA")};
KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
keyStore.load(null, null);
keyStore.setKeyEntry("main", keyPair.getPrivate(), "654321".toCharArray(), chain);
keyStore.store(fos, "123456".toCharArray());
} catch (IOException | GeneralSecurityException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}