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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# temporary script to create a certificate for the specified domain
+# assumed to be executed in the ~/xqiz.it/platform/letsencrypt work directory
+
+domain=$1
+password=$2
+if [ ! "$domain" ]
+then
+  echo "*** Domain must be specified"
+  exit
+fi
+if [ ! "$password" ]
+then
+  read -s -p "Enter password:" password
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "../keystore.p12" ]
+then
+  echo "*** Missing keystore file"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# replace all dots with underscores
+name=${domain//./_}
+
+# create a CSR
+cmd="openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout $name-key.pem -out $name.csr\
+  -subj "/OU=Development/CN=$domain.localhost.xqiz.it""
+echo "*** Creating a CSR:
+  $cmd"
+eval "$cmd"
+
+# send the request to Let's Encrypt
+# add the following line for staging:  --server https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory\
+
+#cmd="certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges dns\
+#  --config-dir config --work-dir work --logs-dir logs\
+#  --csr $name.csr --key-path $name-key.pem\
+#  --cert-path $name-cert.pem --fullchain-path $name-fchain.pem --chain-path $name-chain.pem\
+#  --email automation@xqiz.it"
+#echo "*** Requesting a certificate:
+#  $cmd"
+#eval "$cmd"
+
+# export the key into a newly created keystore
+cmd="openssl pkcs12 -export $name-cer.pem -inkey $name-key.pem -out $name.pks12 -name $domain\
+  -certpbe PBE-SHA1-3DES -keypbe PBE-SHA1-3DES -macalg sha1"
+echo "*** Creating a new keystore from the certificate:
+  $cmd"
+#eval "$cmd"
+
+cmd="keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore $name.p12 -destkeystore ../keystore.p12\
+ -srcstorepass $password -deststorepass $password -noprompt"
+echo "*** Copying the entries into the master keystore:
+  $cmd"
+#eval "$cmd"
+
+