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Export a certificate from AWS CloudHSM using keytool

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Export a certificate from AWS CloudHSM using keytool - AWS CloudHSM

The following example generates a certificate in binary X.509 format. To export a human readable certificate from AWS CloudHSM, add -rfc to the -exportcert command.

Linux
$ keytool -exportcert -alias <key pair label> \
	-file my_exported_certificate.crt \
	-keystore example_keystore.store \
	-storetype CLOUDHSM \
	-J-classpath '-J/opt/cloudhsm/java/*'
Windows
PS C:\> keytool -exportcert -alias <key pair label> `
	-file my_exported_certificate.crt `
	-keystore example_keystore.store `
	-storetype CLOUDHSM `
	-J-classpath '-J"C:\Program Files\Amazon\CloudHSM\java\*"'
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$ keytool -exportcert -alias <key pair label> \
	-file my_exported_certificate.crt \
	-keystore example_keystore.store \
	-storetype CLOUDHSM \
	-J-classpath '-J/opt/cloudhsm/java/*'
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