A Java KeyStore (JKS) is a repository of security certificates – either authorization certificates or public key certificates – plus corresponding private keys, used for instance in TLS encryption.
In IBM WebSphere Application Server and Oracle WebLogic Server, a file with extension jks serves as a keystore.
The Java Development Kit maintains a CA keystore file named cacerts in folder jre/lib/security. JDKs provide a tool named keytool to manipulate the keystore. keytool has no functionality to extract the private key out of the keystore, but this is possible with third-party tools like jksExportKey, CERTivity, Portecle and KeyStore Explorer.
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The keytool Command - a key and certificate management utility https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/man/keytool.html ↩
CERTivity - A multi-platform visual tool for managing keystores http://www.edulib.com/products/keystores-manager/ ↩
Portecle - Portecle is an open-source GUI application for creating, managing and examining keystores. http://portecle.sourceforge.net ↩
KeyStore Explorer - An open source GUI replacement for the Java command-line utilities keytool, jarsigner and jadtool. http://keystore-explorer.org ↩