Java KeyStore and Certificates
JKS or Java KeyStore is used in Flow for some very specific scenarios where encryption is involved and there is a need for asymmetric encryption.
Partek Flow is shipped with a Java Keystore on its own, the file is found at .../partek_flow/distrib/flowkeystore where you may want to add your public and private certificates.
Adding a certificate to the KeyStore
If you already have a certificate please skip to the next step.
Create a certificate
Please place the key in a secure folder. (it is advisable to place in Flow's home directory. eg. /home/flow/keys
These commands above are meant to be used in a terminal. There are other ways to help you make a certificate but they will not going to be mentioned here.
If you wish to understand the flags used above please refer to the OpenSSL documentation.
Import a certificate into flowkeystore
For this step you will have to find where the cacerts file is located, it is under the Java installation, if you do not know how to do it contact us and we can help.
In the example the cacerts file is located at /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/lib/security/cacerts
Tell the JVM where to find the key
We need to tell Partek Flow where the key is located, to do this we will edit a file which contains some of the Flow settings.
The file is usually located at /etc/partekflow.conf if you do not have this file we would advise to use the bashrc file from the system user that runs Partek Flow.
At the end of that file please add:
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