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Rational Performance Tester: Creating a certificate store without using a Keytool
This technote explains how to create a Digital Certificate store without the Keytool in IBM® Ratio
Performance Tester (RPT).
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It is possible to create a Digital Certificate store without using the Keytool in Rational Performa
Tester (RPT). You can export a certificate directly from a browser and create a store with the e
file. Here are the steps to follow in order to create the Digital Certificate store using Microsoft®
Explorer (IE):
Tools –> Internet Options -> Content -> Certificates -> Personal
Select Export -> Next
Select Yes, export the private key
Click the Next button
Select Personal Information Exchange –PKCS #12 (.pfx)
Check the Enable strong protection box.
Click the Next button
Enter password and confirmation
Click the Next button
Click the Next button
Next, Click the Finish button
When you export the certificate from IE you need to verify that the Export private key check b
enabled (using IE's export wizard). The format should be PKCS#12, and you need to provide a
password.
Note: As outlined in the on-line Help, the password must be set to ‘default’ in order for RPT to
recognize it.
Once this is exported you should have a .PFX file; change this to .P12 (mycert.p12). Zip the ne
exported file so that is now has a .zip extension (mycert.zip), then change the .zip extension to
From RPT, go to File -> Import -> File System; this will import the newly created file into RPT
allow you to associated to a test.
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