OpenJDK-1.8.0.72

Configuration Information

Normally, the JAVA environment has been configured after installing the binary version, and can be used with the just built package as well. Review Configuring the JAVA environment in case you want to modify something.

To test if the man pages are correctly installed, issue source /etc/profile and man java to display the respective man page.

Install or update the JRE Certificate Authority Certificates (cacerts) file

OpenJDK uses its own format for the CA certificates. Those certificates are located in a file named /opt/jdk/jre/lib/security/cacerts. That file may be generated from the one installed using the instructions on the Certificate Authority Certificates page, with the following procedure. First, generate the mkcacerts script as the root user:

cat > /opt/jdk/bin/mkcacerts << "EOF"
#!/bin/sh
# Simple script to extract x509 certificates and create a JRE cacerts file.

function get_args()
    {
        if test -z "${1}" ; then
            showhelp
            exit 1
        fi

        while test -n "${1}" ; do
            case "${1}" in
                -f | --cafile)
                    check_arg $1 $2
                    CAFILE="${2}"
                    shift 2
                    ;;
                -d | --cadir)
                    check_arg $1 $2
                    CADIR="${2}"
                    shift 2
                    ;;
                -o | --outfile)
                    check_arg $1 $2
                    OUTFILE="${2}"
                    shift 2
                    ;;
                -k | --keytool)
                    check_arg $1 $2
                    KEYTOOL="${2}"
                    shift 2
                    ;;
                -s | --openssl)
                    check_arg $1 $2
                    OPENSSL="${2}"
                    shift 2
                    ;;
                -h | --help)
                    showhelp
                    exit 0
                    ;;
                *)
                    showhelp
                    exit 1
                    ;;
            esac
        done
    }

function check_arg()
    {
        echo "${2}" | grep -v "^-" > /dev/null
        if [ -z "$?" -o ! -n "$2" ]; then
            echo "Error:  $1 requires a valid argument."
            exit 1
        fi
    }

# The date binary is not reliable on 32bit systems for dates after 2038
function mydate()
    {
        local y=$( echo $1 | cut -d" " -f4 )
        local M=$( echo $1 | cut -d" " -f1 )
        local d=$( echo $1 | cut -d" " -f2 )
        local m

        if [ ${d} -lt 10 ]; then d="0${d}"; fi

        case $M in
            Jan) m="01";;
            Feb) m="02";;
            Mar) m="03";;
            Apr) m="04";;
            May) m="05";;
            Jun) m="06";;
            Jul) m="07";;
            Aug) m="08";;
            Sep) m="09";;
            Oct) m="10";;
            Nov) m="11";;
            Dec) m="12";;
        esac

        certdate="${y}${m}${d}"
    }

function showhelp()
    {
        echo "`basename ${0}` creates a valid cacerts file for use with IcedTea."
        echo ""
        echo "        -f  --cafile     The path to a file containing PEM"
        echo "                         formated CA certificates. May not be"
        echo "                         used with -d/--cadir."
        echo ""
        echo "        -d  --cadir      The path to a directory of PEM formatted"
        echo "                         CA certificates. May not be used with"
        echo "                         -f/--cafile."
        echo ""
        echo "        -o  --outfile    The path to the output file."
        echo ""
        echo "        -k  --keytool    The path to the java keytool utility."
        echo ""
        echo "        -s  --openssl    The path to the openssl utility."
        echo ""
        echo "        -h  --help       Show this help message and exit."
        echo ""
        echo ""
    }

# Initialize empty variables so that the shell does not pollute the script
CAFILE=""
CADIR=""
OUTFILE=""
OPENSSL=""
KEYTOOL=""
certdate=""
date=""
today=$( date +%Y%m%d )

# Process command line arguments
get_args ${@}

# Handle common errors
if test "${CAFILE}x" == "x" -a "${CADIR}x" == "x" ; then
    echo "ERROR!  You must provide an x509 certificate store!"
    echo "\'$(basename ${0}) --help\' for more info."
    echo ""
    exit 1
fi

if test "${CAFILE}x" != "x" -a "${CADIR}x" != "x" ; then
    echo "ERROR!  You cannot provide two x509 certificate stores!"
    echo "\'$(basename ${0}) --help\' for more info."
    echo ""
    exit 1
fi

if test "${KEYTOOL}x" == "x" ; then
    echo "ERROR!  You must provide a valid keytool program!"
    echo "\'$(basename ${0}) --help\' for more info."
    echo ""
    exit 1
fi

if test "${OPENSSL}x" == "x" ; then
    echo "ERROR!  You must provide a valid path to openssl!"
    echo "\'$(basename ${0}) --help\' for more info."
    echo ""
    exit 1
fi

if test "${OUTFILE}x" == "x" ; then
    echo "ERROR!  You must provide a valid output file!"
    echo "\'$(basename ${0}) --help\' for more info."
    echo ""
    exit 1
fi

# Get on with the work

# If using a CAFILE, split it into individual files in a temp directory
if test "${CAFILE}x" != "x" ; then
    TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
    CADIR="${TEMPDIR}"

    # Get a list of staring lines for each cert
    CERTLIST=`grep -n "^-----BEGIN" "${CAFILE}" | cut -d ":" -f 1`

    # Get a list of ending lines for each cert
    ENDCERTLIST=`grep -n "^-----END" "${CAFILE}" | cut -d ":" -f 1`

    # Start a loop
    for certbegin in `echo "${CERTLIST}"` ; do
        for certend in `echo "${ENDCERTLIST}"` ; do
            if test "${certend}" -gt "${certbegin}"; then
                break
            fi
        done
        sed -n "${certbegin},${certend}p" "${CAFILE}" > "${CADIR}/${certbegin}.pem"
        keyhash=`${OPENSSL} x509 -noout -in "${CADIR}/${certbegin}.pem" -hash`
        echo "Generated PEM file with hash:  ${keyhash}."
    done
fi

# Write the output file
for cert in `find "${CADIR}" -type f -name "*.pem" -o -name "*.crt"`
do

    # Make sure the certificate date is valid...
    date=$( ${OPENSSL} x509 -enddate -in "${cert}" -noout | sed 's/^notAfter=//' )
    mydate "${date}"
    if test "${certdate}" -lt "${today}" ; then
        echo "${cert} expired on ${certdate}! Skipping..."
        unset date certdate
        continue
    fi
    unset date certdate
    ls "${cert}"
    tempfile=`mktemp`
    certbegin=`grep -n "^-----BEGIN" "${cert}" | cut -d ":" -f 1`
    certend=`grep -n "^-----END" "${cert}" | cut -d ":" -f 1`
    sed -n "${certbegin},${certend}p" "${cert}" > "${tempfile}"
    echo yes | env LC_ALL=C "${KEYTOOL}" -import                     \
                                         -alias `basename "${cert}"` \
                                         -keystore "${OUTFILE}"      \
                                         -storepass 'changeit'       \
                                         -file "${tempfile}"
    rm "${tempfile}"
done

if test "${TEMPDIR}x" != "x" ; then
    rm -rf "${TEMPDIR}"
fi
exit 0
EOF

chmod -c 0755 /opt/jdk/bin/mkcacerts

Note

Doing a very large copy/paste directly to a terminal may result in a corrupted file. Copying to an editor may overcome this issue.

Generate the OpenJDK cacerts file as the root user:

if [ -f /opt/jdk/jre/lib/security/cacerts ]; then
  mv /opt/jdk/jre/lib/security/cacerts \
     /opt/jdk/jre/lib/security/cacerts.bak
fi &&
/opt/jdk/bin/mkcacerts                 \
        -d "/etc/ssl/certs/"           \
        -k "/opt/jdk/bin/keytool"      \
        -s "/usr/bin/openssl"          \
        -o "/opt/jdk/jre/lib/security/cacerts"

Use the following commands to check if the cacerts file has been successfully installed:

cd /opt/jdk
bin/keytool -list -keystore jre/lib/security/cacerts

At the prompt "Enter keystore password:", press the "Enter" key if there is no keystore password defined. If the cacerts file was installed correctly, you will see a list of the certificates with related information for each one. If not, you need to reinstall them.