Using a custom truststore or keystore for a Job running on a cloud engine

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Overview

In some cases, you may need to use a custom truststore or keystore in a Job running on a cloud engine. For example, you may need to access a web server using HTTPS using a self-signed certificate, or an HTTPS web server requesting a client certificate (mutual authentication).

This article covers how to use a custom truststore or keystore in a cloud Job.

Procedure

1. Create a custom truststore or keystore using Keytool or a tool such as KeyStore Explorer.

2. Upload these two resources to the cloud:

   • A file that is the truststore (mycacerts.jks below)

   • A file that is the keystore (mykeystore.jks below)

   

3. In the Job, define two context variables: context.resource_file_truststore and context.resource_file_keystore.

   

4. Use these two context variables in the tSetKeyStore component:

   

5. Publish the Job to the cloud; then, in the Flow Builder, set the parameters to the uploaded resources: