How to automate Keystore generation using the java keystore tool? w/o user interaction

Question

I am trying to automate keystore generation using the Java keystore tool. The command I am using is :

keytool -keystore keystore -alias jetty -genkey -keyalg         


        

Answer 1

See the full documentation about command line or by typing keytool without any arguments.

Specifically you may want to look options -storepass password -keypass password

Answer 2

don't forget -noprompt, otherwise you will be asked to input Yes or No

Answer 3

Try this:

keytool -genkey -noprompt \
 -alias alias1 \
 -dname "CN=mqttserver.ibm.com, OU=ID, O=IBM, L=Hursley, S=Hants, C=GB" \
 -keystore keystore \
 -storepass password \
 -keypass password