How do I programmatically create a new KeyStore?

Question

I'm trying to programmatically create a new keystore in Java. The following code:

KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType()); keyStore.setCertificateEntry("alias", cert); 

throws a Uninitialized KeyStore exception.

Answer 1

To create a new KeyStore in Java you first need to create the KeyStore file and then store it using the store(FileOutputStream, char[]) method:

KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());  char[] password = "some password".toCharArray(); ks.load(null, password);  // Store away the keystore. FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("newKeyStoreFileName"); ks.store(fos, password); fos.close(); 

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