To install a Certificate on BEA Weblogic 8.1 follow the instructions below:

a. Fetch your Certificate

1. You will receive an email when your certificate is issued.
2. Select the 'PKCS#7' format option and click 'Fetch certificate' (the PKCS#7 format will contain both your issued certificate and the Intermediate Certificate)
4. Copy and Paste your thawte certificate to Notepad and save as a certificate.crt

b. Install your Certificate

Import the thawte certificate into the keystore you created using the following command:

keytool -import -alias [keyEntry_friendly_name] -file certificate.crt -keystore [keystore_friendly_name]

c. Configure the Identity and Trust keystores for WebLogic Server

1. Expand the Servers node.

2. Select the name of the server for which you want to configure keystores.

3. Select the button 'Keystores and SSL tab' to configure the keystore for the domain.

4. By default, WebLogic ships with demo certificates for testing purposes. Click the 'Change' link in the upper-right portion of the configuration items. This will display the drop-down list of options for configuration.

5. Choose 'Custom Identity and Java Standard Trust' from the list.

6. Specify the identity keystore information.

[Custom identity]

Custom Identity key store file Name : c:\where\my\keystore\is\located\mykeystore.keystore (The fully qualified path to your keystore)

Custom Identity key Store Type : jks (Generally, this attribute is jks)

Custom Identity key Store Pass Phrase : keystore_password (The password defined when creating the keystore)

Confirm Customer Identity key Store Pass Phrase : Keystore_password (The password defined when creating the keystore)

[Java Standard Trust]

Java standard Trust Key Store Pass Phrase : changeit (unless your system admin changed it the password for the cacerts keystore is "changeit")

Confirm Java Standard Trust Key Store Pass Phrase : changeit (unless your system admin changed it the password for the cacerts keystore is "changeit")

Click 'continue'

[Review SSL Private Key Settings]

Private key Alias : keyEntry_friendly_name (the alias is the friendly name for your keyEntry (private key), if you do not remember it please run the following command on your keystore to confirm the alias: keytool -list -keystore [keystore_friendly_name] -v)

Passphrase : keyEntry_password (specify the keyEntry (private key) password. The password for the private key may differ from the one for the keystore)

Confirm Passphrase : keyEntry_password (specify the keyEntry (private key) password. The password for the private key may differ from the one for the keystore)

7. Click 'continue'

8. Click Finish.

9. Reboot WebLogic Server.