Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Load Certificate from PFX (PKCS#12)

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Loads a digital certificate (and private key, if available) from a PFX file.(also known as PKCS#12) Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.PrivateKey;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Cert cert = new Cert();

        // Load from the PFX file
        String pfxFilename = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx";
        String pfxPassword = "test";

        // A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
        // The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
        // private key farthest from the root authority cert.
        // To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the
        // Chilkat certificate store object instead.
        try {
            cert.loadPfxFile(pfxFilename, pfxPassword);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get some information about the digital certificate,
        // then get the private key...

        // DN = "Distinguished Name"
        System.out.println("SubjectDN:" + cert.getSubjectDN());

        System.out.println("Common Name:" + cert.getSubjectCN());
        System.out.println("Issuer Common Name:" + cert.getIssuerCN());

        System.out.println("Serial Number:" + cert.getSerialNumber());

        PrivateKey privKey = new PrivateKey();
        try {
            cert.getPrivateKey(privKey);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The private key object may be used in any Chilkat methods
        // (in other objects/classes) that expect a private key argument.

        // In this case, save the private key to a PKCS8 Encrypted PEM format file:
        String pemPassword = "secret";
        String pemPath = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat_privKey.pem";
        try {
            privKey.savePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(pemPassword, pemPath);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Private key saved to PKCS8 Encrypted PEM...");
    }
}