GenKey Task

## GenKey

### Description

Generates a key in a keystore.

### Parameters

Attribute | Description | Required
alias | the alias to add under | Yes.
storepass | password for keystore integrity. Must be at least 6 characters long | Yes.
keystore | keystore location | No
storetype | keystore type | No
keypass | password for private key (if different) | No
sigalg | the algorithm to use in signing | No
keyalg | the method to use when generating name-value pair | No
verbose | (true | false) verbose output when signing | No
dname | The distinguished name for entity | Yes if dname element unspecified
validity | (integer) indicates how many days certificate is valid | No
keysize | (integer) indicates the size of key generated | No

Alternatively you can specify the distinguished name by creating a sub-element named dname and populating it with param elements that have a name and a value. When using the subelement it is automatically encoded properly and commas ("`,`") are replaced with "`\,`".

The following two examples are identical:

### Examples

>     <genkey alias="apache-group" storepass="secret"
>       dname="CN=Ant Group, OU=Jakarta Division, O=Apache.org, C=US"/>

>     <genkey alias="apache-group" storepass="secret" >
>       <dname>
>         <param name="CN" value="Ant Group"/>
>         <param name="OU" value="Jakarta Division"/>
>         <param name="O"  value="Apache.Org"/>
>         <param name="C"  value="US"/>
>       </dname>
>     </genkey>