Adding an SSL Certificate to JRE in order to access HTTPS sites

Question

Context:

So I\'m trying to access an HTTPS site from my Java code but I am not able due to an SSL Handshake issues between my localhost and the serv

Answer 1

You should be able to import the server (self-signed?) SSL certificate onto your localhost using the command you specified. To be more complete, you can try

$JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -alias mycertificate -keystore path_to_keystore -file certificate_file 

where

• $JAVA_HOME on Mac is /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/
• path_to_key_sotre is $JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts
• certificate_file is where you store the downloaded certificate

If prompted, the default truststore password is changeit.