How to use a file in a jar as javax.net.ssl.keystore?

Question

I\'m trying to do something like

URL clientks = com.messaging.SubscriptionManager.class.getResource( \"client.ks\" );
String path = clientks.toURI().getPath         


        

Answer 1

Here's a cleaned-up version of user2529737's answer, in case it helps. It has removed unneeded trust store setup and added required imports, parameters for keystore type and key password.

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.KeyStore;

public class PlainJavaHTTPS2Test {

    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        final String KEYSTOREPATH = "clientkeystore.p12"; // or .jks

        // store password can be null if there is no password
        final char[] KEYSTOREPASS = "keystorepass".toCharArray();

        // key password can be null if there is no password
        final char[] KEYPASS = "keypass".toCharArray();

        try (InputStream storeStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(KEYSTOREPATH)) {
            setSSLFactories(storeStream, "PKCS12", KEYSTOREPASS, KEYPASS);
        }
    }
    private static void setSSLFactories(InputStream keyStream, String keystoreType, char[] keyStorePassword, char[] keyPassword) throws Exception
    {
        KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(keystoreType);

        keyStore.load(keyStream, keyStorePassword);

        KeyManagerFactory keyFactory =
                KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());

        keyFactory.init(keyStore, keyPassword);

        KeyManager[] keyManagers = keyFactory.getKeyManagers();

        SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
        sslContext.init(keyManagers, null, null);
        SSLContext.setDefault(sslContext);
    }
}

Answer 2

You can get an InputStream to a resource in a jar file, but not a File. If the "thing" that ultimately reads the keystore expects a File or a path to a file, your only option is to extract it to the filesystem.

Answer 3

Still working on implementation, but I believe it is possible to load the keystore from the jar via InputStream and explicitly set the TrustStore programatically (vs setting the System properties). See the article: Setting multiple truststore on the same JVM

Got it working!

InputStream keystoreInput = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
    .getResourceAsStream(<path in jar>/client.ks");
InputStream truststoreInput = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
    .getResourceAsStream(<path in jar>/client.ts");
setSSLFactories(keystoreInput, "password", truststoreInput);
keystoreInput.close();
truststoreInput.close();

private static void setSSLFactories(InputStream keyStream, String keyStorePassword, 
    InputStream trustStream) throws Exception
{    
  // Get keyStore
  KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());    

  // if your store is password protected then declare it (it can be null however)
  char[] keyPassword = keyStorePassword.toCharArray();

  // load the stream to your store
  keyStore.load(keyStream, keyPassword);

  // initialize a key manager factory with the key store
  KeyManagerFactory keyFactory = 
  KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());    
  keyFactory.init(keyStore, keyPassword);

  // get the key managers from the factory
  KeyManager[] keyManagers = keyFactory.getKeyManagers();

  // Now get trustStore
  KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());    

  // if your store is password protected then declare it (it can be null however)
  //char[] trustPassword = password.toCharArray();

  // load the stream to your store
  trustStore.load(trustStream, null);

  // initialize a trust manager factory with the trusted store
  TrustManagerFactory trustFactory = 
  TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());    
  trustFactory.init(trustStore);

  // get the trust managers from the factory
  TrustManager[] trustManagers = trustFactory.getTrustManagers();

  // initialize an ssl context to use these managers and set as default
  SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
  sslContext.init(keyManagers, trustManagers, null);
  SSLContext.setDefault(sslContext);    
}