Generate a Key Pair
To generate a Key Pair:
- From the Tools menu, choose Generate Key Pair.
Alternatively click on the Generate Key Pair tool bar
button:

- The Generate Key Pair dialog will be displayed. Select an
Algorithm and a Key Size and press the OK button.
- The Generating Key Pair dialog will be displayed and will
remain visible until Key Pair generation has completed. For larger
key sizes this may be quite some time.
- The Generate Key Pair Certificate dialog will be displayed.
- Select a Version and Signature Algorithm and enter a
Validity Period, Serial Number and Name.
- Optionally, for a version 3 certificate,
add certificate extensions
by clicking on the Add Extensions button.
- Press the OK button.
- The New Key Pair Entry Alias dialog will be displayed.
- Enter the alias for the new Key Pair entry and press the OK button.
- If required the New Key Pair Entry Password dialog will be displayed.
Enter the password with which to protect the new Key Pair entry, confirm it and
press the OK button.
- The new Key Pair entry will appear in the KeyStore Entries table.
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