How to import a .cer certificate into a java keystore?

Question

During the development of a Java webservice client I ran into a problem. Authentication for the webservice is using a client certificate, a username and a password. The clie

Answer 1

An open source GUI tool is available at keystore-explorer.org

KeyStore Explorer

KeyStore Explorer is an open source GUI replacement for the Java command-line utilities keytool and jarsigner. KeyStore Explorer presents their functionality, and more, via an intuitive graphical user interface.

Following screens will help (they are from the official site)

Default screen that you get by running the command:

shantha@shantha:~$./Downloads/kse-521/kse.sh

And go to Examine and Examine a URL option and then give the web URL that you want to import.

The result window will be like below if you give google site link.

This is one of Use case and rest is up-to the user(all credits go to the keystore-explorer.org)