This document provides the instructions for enabling Java WebStart^? delivery of the Pipeline processing environment.

Creating the key

to create the key to sign the jar

prompt$ keytool -genkey -alias loni -keypass pipeline
Enter keystore password:  ********
What is your first and last name?
  [Unknown]:  
What is the name of your organizational unit?
  [Unknown]:  LONI
What is the name of your organization?
  [Unknown]:  UCLA
What is the name of your City or Locality?
  [Unknown]:  Los Angeles
What is the name of your State or Province?
  [Unknown]:  CA
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
  [Unknown]:  US
Is CN=Unknown, OU=LONI, O=UCLA, L=Los Angeles, ST=CA, C=US correct?
  [no]:  y

Signing the Jar

to sign the jar, the command is

jarsigner <jarfile> <alias>

so to sign the pipeline.jar file given the above key,

prompt$ jarsigner ./build/pipeline.jar loni
Enter Passphrase for keystore: *******

This is for informational purposes only. This will be automated by the Ant build script prior to release.

-- MichaelJPan - 18 Apr 2005