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A '''Java KeyStore''' ('''JKS''') is a [[content repository|repository]] of security certificates{{spaced ndash}} either [[authorization certificate]]s or [[public key certificate]]s{{spaced ndash}} plus corresponding [[Private key|private keys]], used for instance in [[Transport Layer Security|SSL encryption]].
A '''Java KeyStore''' ('''JKS''') is a [[content repository|repository]] of security certificates{{spaced ndash}} either [[authorization certificate]]s or [[public key certificate]]s{{spaced ndash}} plus corresponding [[Private key|private keys]], used for instance in [[Transport Layer Security|TLS encryption]].


In [[IBM WebSphere Application Server]] and [[Oracle WebLogic Server]], a file with extension ''jks'' serves as a keystore.
In [[IBM WebSphere Application Server]] and [[Oracle WebLogic Server]], a file with extension ''jks'' serves as a keystore.

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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[1] 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,[2] Portecle[3] and KeyStore Explorer.[4]

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