HCL Workload Automation, Version 9.4

Switching from OpenSSL to GSKit

About this task

This section describes how to migrate your OpenSSL certificates to GSKit certificates.

The following is a list of certificate formats that can be migrated to the GSKit format, KDB:
  • PEM: Used by OpenSSL
  • JKS: Used by Java and WebSphere Application Server
  • PKCS12: Used by Microsoft applications and Internet Explorer
To migrate certificates, you may use one or more of the following tools:
  • gsk8capicmd: Native command line provided by GSKit
  • openssl: Native command line provided by OpenSSL
  • ikeyman: Optional graphical interface provided by GSKit
  • keytool: Optional graphical interface provided by Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Note: Be sure to backup your original certificates before migrating them to GSKit format.
To migrate your certificates, perform the following steps:
  1. Configuring the tool environment
  2. Migrating the certificates