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title: Password Service
slug: kronpam-how-to-guides/password-service
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createdAt: 2025-03-18T12:53:10.740Z
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To use the **Password Service**, a RESTful API request is sent from the application to the service URL. The request is securely transmitted using an SSL certificate. Therefore, a valid certificate must be used. In the example below, a **self-signed certificate** will be created and used when setting up the **Password Service Pod**.

### Create a Signed Certificate

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KEYSTORE\_NAME="keystore.p12"
ALIAS\_NAME="kron-alias"
KEYSTORE\_PASSWORD="topsecret"
KEY\_PASSWORD="topsecret"
CERT\_DN="CN=kron-pam-aapm-service,OU=IT,O=Kron,L=Turkiye,ST=Istanbul,C=TR"
VALIDITY\_DAYS=365

keytool -genkeypair \\
  -alias "$ALIAS\_NAME" \\
  -keyalg RSA \\
  -keysize 2048 \\
  -dname "$CERT\_DN" \\
  -validity "$VALIDITY\_DAYS" \\
  -keypass "$KEY\_PASSWORD" \\
  -keystore "$KEYSTORE\_NAME" \\
  -storepass "$KEYSTORE\_PASSWORD" \\
  -storetype PKCS12
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