Start the Keyfactor Java Agent Service

The Keyfactor Java Agent The Java Agent, one of Keyfactor's suite of orchestrators, is used to perform discovery of Java keystores and PEM certificate stores, to inventory discovered stores, and to push certificates out to stores as needed. service runs on the Java Agent machine and controls discovery, inventory and certificate store update tasks. During the Java Agent configuration process you set the service account under which the Keyfactor Java Agent service will run. The service should start automatically at the conclusion of the installation scripts.

To check to see if the Keyfactor Java Agent service is running and start it if necessary on Windows:

1. On a Windows Java Agent server, open the Services MMC.
2. In the Services MMC confirm that the Keyfactor Java Agent service is set to a Startup Type of Automatic (if desired). If the service is not running, click the green arrow to start it.

Figure 591: Keyfactor Java Agent Service on Windows

Service startup and shutdown procedures vary by Linux implementation and version depending on the startup system. The service on Linux is added as keyfactor-java-agent, so when referencing it in startup commands, it should be referenced by this name, including case. For example:

Once you have finished the Java keystore and PEM A PEM format certificate file is a base64-encoded certificate. Since it's presented in ASCII, you can open it in any text editor. PEM certificates always begin and end with entries like ---- BEGIN CERTIFICATE---- and ----END CERTIFICATE----. PEM certificates can contain a single certificate or a full certifiate chain and may contain a private key. Usually, extensions of .cer and .crt are certificate files with no private key, .key is a separate private key file, and .pem is both a certificate and private key. certificate store inventory configuration using the Keyfactor Command Management Portal and have imported certificates from the stores, you can use the Certificate Search feature in the Keyfactor Command Management Portal to review the certificate store certificates. See Certificate Search and Collections in the Keyfactor Command Reference Guide for information on using the Certificate Search feature.