Add an intermediate certificate to a Keystore

If you add your certificate without its certification chain to a java keystore then your installation can present errors. To troubleshoot, follow the the procedure below:

Retrieve and prepare your certification chain

• Retrieve your certification chain on your certificate status page by clicking on the See certificate button and then on See certification chain. Download the file with the .txt extension.
• You will have to edit your file, seperate the intermediate certificates by block and save them separately in differrent files. A block should look like:
  

  subject=/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
  issuer=/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=COMODO RSA Certification Authority
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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  hTELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxGzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4G
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  P0/HEZrIqPW1N+8QRcZs2eBelSaz662jue5/DJpmNXMyYE7l3YphLG5SEXdoltMY
  dVEVABt0iN3hxzgEQyjpFv3ZBdRdRydg1vs4O2xyopT4Qhrf7W8GjEXCBgCq5Ojc
  2bXhc3js9iPc0d1sjhqPpepUfJa3w/5Vjo1JXvxku88+vZbrac2/4EjxYoIQ5QxG
  V/Iz2tDIY+3GH5QFlkoakdH368+PUq4NCNk+qKBR6cGHdNXJ93SrLlP7u3r7l+L4
  HyaPs9Kg4DdbKDsx5Q5XLVq4rXmsXiBmGqW5prU5wfWYQ//u+aen/e7KJD2AFsQX
  j4rBYKEMrltDR5FL1ZoXX/nUh8HCjLfn4g8wGTeGrODcQgPmlKidrv0PJFGUzpII
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  +AZxAeKCINT+b72x
  -----END CERTIFICATE---
  

  
  Place each block in its own file. For example: intermediate1.txt, intermediate2.txt, etc.
• Place these files on your server.

Add your intermediate certificates to your Keystore

• Launch your keystore.
• Then run the following command for each intermediate certificate :
  

  keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias intermediateX -file intermediateX.txt -keystore yourKeyStore.jks
  

• Your internediate certificate has been added.