--- title: "Java Deployment Ruleset: Complete Creation Guide" description: "Create and deploy Java deployment rulesets like a pro. Streamline your Java environment management." canonical: "https://adamtheautomator.com/java-deployment-ruleset/" --- # Java Deployment Ruleset: Complete Creation Guide > Create and deploy Java deployment rulesets like a pro. Streamline your Java environment management. 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Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how it’s done. This particular task almost put me in the grave. The request was simple. Silence Java security prompts for a couple of web applications. Sounds easy enough, right? Hell no it wasn’t! ..at least not when attempting to sign the ruleset with an [Active Directory](https://adamtheautomator.com/tag/active-directory/) Certificate Services certificate. After a _ton_ of Googling around and trial and error I gave up and decided to just go with the self-signed cert. I know this isn’t the most secure way to do this but I’ve given up and once I did, it worked like a charm. If you do want to try to use an ADCS certificate, a blog post entitled [Deploying a Java DeploymentRuleSet.Jar using a Active Directory Certificate Services cert](https://sysjam.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/deploying-a-java-deploymentruleset-jar-using-a-active-directory-certificate-services-cert/) that I found may help you. Here’s the steps I took to create and deploy a Java Deployment RuleSet to my clients. 1. [Create your _ruleset.xml_ file](https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/introducing_deployment_rule_sets). 2. Download and install the [JDK](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/upgrade.html) on your admin workstation. 3. Copy _ruleset.xml_ to the JDK install folder _C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.X.X\_X\\bin_ 4. Change to the JDK install folder’s bin directory. 5. Run the command: `jar -cvf DeploymentRuleSet.jar ruleset.xml` 6. Run the command: `keytool.exe -genkey -alias SelfSigned -keystore "SelfSigned.jks" -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -startdate "2000/01/01 00:00:00" -validity 18262` answering the prompts, type “yes” to trust the cert and use the same password as the keystore password. 7. Run the command: `keytool.exe -export -file "SelfSigned.cer" -alias SelfSigned -keystore "SelfSigned.jks"` 8. Run the command: `jarsigner.exe -keystore "SelfSigned.jks" -signedjar "DeploymentRuleSet.jar" DeploymentRuleSet.jar SelfSigned` 9. Copy the _DeploymentRuleSet.jar_ file to your clients’ _C:\\Windows\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment folder_. 10. Copy the _C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\security\\trusted.certs_ file to your clients’ _C:\\Windows\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment folder_. 11. Give _Authenticated Users_ _Modify_ rights on your clients’ _C:\\Windows\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment folder_. 12. Copy the _SelfSigned.cert_ [certificate](https://adamtheautomator.com/x509-certificates/ "certificate") to your client somewhere. 13. Import the _SelfSigned.cert_ certificate in your client’s _Trusted Root Certification Authorities_ certificate store. 14. Verify you have an active deployment rule set in the Java Control Panel on your client like this screenshot. ![Viewing a Java Active Deployment Rule set](https://adamtheautomator.com/content/images/2019/07/creating-java-deployment-ruleset-self-signed---activedeploymentruleset.png) Viewing a Java Active Deployment Rule set 15\. Try your web site again and confirm the security prompt is gone! 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