Generate a keystore and certificate

To enhance security and ease of use, Destiny® stores your certificate in a special file called a keystore. Destiny includes a certificate management utility called Keytool that helps you create your keystore and certificate.

Follow the steps below to generate your own Destiny keystore. The process of creating a keystore automatically creates a self-signed certificate as well.

note This process requires direct access to your Destiny application server.

1. Create a new working folder for your keystore.
2. Open a command prompt and navigate to your working folder.
3. Enter the command shown below. Keytool asks for your first and last name.
   
   FSC-Destiny\java\bin\keytool -genkey -alias destiny -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -keystore destiny.keystore -storepass password
   
   
   Important: Be sure to substitute your own password in place of password.
   
   
4. Enter the domain name of your Destiny server (for example, destiny.mydistrict.edu). Keytool asks for the name of your organizational unit.
5. Enter the name of your school district.Keytool asks for your organization.
6. Enter the name of your school district again. Keytool asks for your city.
7. Enter the name of your city. Keytool asks for your state.
8. Enter the full name of your state. Keytool asks for the two-letter abbreviation of your state.
9. Enter the two-letter abbreviation of your state.Keytool asks you to confirm your entries.
10. Enter yes. Keytool asks for a password for your new keystore.
11. Press Enter without entering a new password.
    

You are now ready to export your certificate signing request.