WSO2 Identity Server ciphertool.bat script throwing an InvalidPathException - wso2

Question

I am trying to run the ciphertool.bat script to encrypt strings in my WSO2 server. I am running the script with the -Dconfigure flag and receiving a InvalidPathException
I have not edited the ciphertool.bat script, the cipher-text.properties or the ciper-tool.properties files.
I am running version 5.7.0 of WSO2 Identity Server on a Windows machine.
Command I am running and the console output
C:\Program Files\WSO2\Identity Server\5.7.0\bin>ciphertool.bat -Dconfigure
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 7 seconds
Using CARBON_HOME: C:\Program Files\WSO2\Identity Server\5.7.0
Using JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_181
Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char
<:> at index 45: C:\Program Files\WSO2\Identity Server\5.7.0\C:\Program
Files\WSO2\Identity Server\5.7.0\/repository/resources/security/wso2carbon.jks
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:94)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:255)
at java.nio.file.Paths.get(Paths.java:84)
at org.wso2.ciphertool.utils.Utils.getConfigFilePath(Utils.java:98)
at org.wso2.ciphertool.utils.Utils.setSystemProperties(Utils.java:289)
at org.wso2.ciphertool.CipherTool.initialize(CipherTool.java:93)
at org.wso2.ciphertool.CipherTool.main(CipherTool.java:52)
I expect that script would run without errors, especially if I haven't edited anything, but it's throwing this exception. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

This issue has been identified and a PR has been sent here. Unfortunately, it's not merged yet.
As a quick fix, you can follow the steps below.
clone the repo
checkout to the branch "v1.0.0-wso2v8"
locally make the suggested fix in the PR
build the JAR
overwrite the <IS_HOME>/lib/org.wso2.ciphertool-1.0.0-wso2v8.jar with new JAR
try the ciphertool command

Answer 2

You can give the location of the keystore file as below in <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/carbon.xml file
<Location>${carbon.home}\repository\resources\security\wso2carbon.jks</Location>
(Please note the backslashes)
<KeyStore>
<!-- Keystore file location-->
<Location>${carbon.home}\repository\resources\security\wso2carbon.jks</Location>
<!-- Keystore type (JKS/PKCS12 etc.)-->
<Type>JKS</Type>
<!-- Keystore password-->
<Password svns:secretAlias="Carbon.Security.KeyStore.Password">password</Password>
<!-- Private Key alias-->
<KeyAlias>wso2carbon</KeyAlias>
<!-- Private Key password-->
<KeyPassword svns:secretAlias="Carbon.Security.KeyStore.KeyPassword">password</KeyPassword>
</KeyStore>