Create a keystore for SSL using maven

Normally you would buy a trusted certificate however, the poor man's way is to create one your self.

Put this in a pom.xml and run it with mvn install.

<project>

<modelVersion>1.0.0</modelVersion>

<groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>

<artifactId>my-app</artifactId>

<version>1</version>

<build><plugins>

<plugin>

<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>

<artifactId>keytool-maven-plugin</artifactId>

<version>1.2</version>

<executions>

<execution>

<phase>generate-resources</phase>

<id>clean</id>

<goals>

<goal>clean</goal>

</goals>

</execution>

<execution>

<phase>generate-resources</phase>

<id>genkey</id>

<goals>

<goal>genkey</goal>

</goals>

</execution>

</executions>

<configuration>

<keystore>example.keystore</keystore>

<dname>cn=localhost</dname>

<keypass>broadleaf</keypass>

<storepass>broadleaf</storepass>

<alias>broadleaf</alias>

<keyalg>RSA</keyalg>

</configuration>

</plugin>

</plugins>

</build>

</project>