# 6.1 Generate Keystore File

To generate a release certificate, You have to generate a Keystore file. To generate a Keystore file, run this command below from the root of your project directory.

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```
keytool -genkey -v -keystore ~/upload-keystore.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias upload
```

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```
keytool -genkey -v -keystore c:\Users\USER_NAME\upload-keystore.jks -storetype JKS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias upload
```

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* Enter your details and remember the **password**. After this, you will get an **upload-keystore.jks** Keystore file.
* Locate this file and move the file into the **android/app** folder.
* Then go to the **android/key.properties**​ file and replace the ​**password​** which you have inputted to generate the Keystore file.

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