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keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Failed to establish chain from reply

Asked by: shan81

I am setting up the key store for SSL connection on a Solaris server using the Java keytool utility. Till now I generated the key pairs and submitted the CSRs to Verisign and got the cert from them. Following the instructions on their site I have also imported the intermediate CA certificate under a different alias. Now for the final step when I try to import the certificate, I get this exception:
keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Failed to establish chain from reply

Commands executed:
keytool -import -alias caalias -keystore xyz.keystore -trustcacerts -file interCA.cer
then
keytool -import -alias genkeyalias -keystore xyz.keystore -trustcacerts -file cert.cer
Am I missing something?

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by: DaveHowePosted on 2008-03-14 at 11:37:16ID: 21128168

I would suggest you try keytool plus - its free, from http://yellowcat1.free.fr/index_ktl.html

makes such imports much easier to manage :)

 

by: shan81Posted on 2008-03-14 at 12:06:05ID: 21128434

This requires Java 1.6. My environment is constrained to 1.4.2_05

 

by: DaveHowePosted on 2008-03-14 at 12:32:52ID: 21128680

that's fine - you don't have to manipulate the keystore on the same machine - you can import on a pc, then copy the keystore to the target environment already built

 

by: shan81Posted on 2008-03-14 at 14:35:05ID: 31439838

Thanks. This was a way out without using the command line. But a pretty cool tool :)

 

by: shan81Posted on 2008-03-14 at 14:36:47ID: 21129795

This solution bypassed the the command line. But it works. The GUI tool suggested by DaveHowe imported the cert without any issues after I imported the intermediate CA cert.

 

by: DaveHowePosted on 2008-03-14 at 14:39:51ID: 21129818

Yup. got me out of very similar holes before now. I have also seen cases where the older keytools just wouldn't take certain certs, but were happy to use them once they were in the keystore.

 

by: hitituserPosted on 2010-04-07 at 06:28:25ID: 30018569

for this you have firstly install intermediate certificate i got same error then installed firstly intermediate certificate to keystore.

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