How to create a certificate into a PKCS12 keystore with keytool?

Question

I wanted to create a certificate into a PKCS12 keystore format with keytool program.

The keystore has extension .pfx.

How do I achieve this?

Answer 1

If the keystore is PKCS12 type (.pfx) you have to specify it with -storetype PKCS12 (line breaks added for readability):

keytool -genkey -alias <desired certificate alias>      -keystore <path to keystore.pfx>     -storetype PKCS12      -keyalg RSA      -storepass <password>      -validity 730      -keysize 2048