java - Error Importing SSL certificate : Not an X.509 Certificate

Question

I am trying to Update the SSL certificate in accordance with this post .

I am noob in certificates, so i followed this guide. But, when i enter

keytool -keystore mycacerts -storepass changeit -importcert -file "C:UsersNoksDesktopcacerts.pem" -v

I get the error:

keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Input not an X.509 certificate
java.lang.Exception: Input not an X.509 certificate
        at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.addTrustedCert(KeyTool.java:1913)
        at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.doCommands(KeyTool.java:818)
        at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.run(KeyTool.java:172)
        at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.main(KeyTool.java:166)

How do i fix this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9889669/error-importing-ssl-certificate-not-an-x-509-certificate

Answer 1

Does your cacerts.pem file hold a single certificate? Since it is a PEM, have a look at it (with a text editor), it should start with

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

and end with

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Finally, to check it is not corrupted, get hold of openssl and print its details using

openssl x509 -in cacerts.pem -text