title: How to manage certificate, truststore and keystore key files in a Java project
body: <p>I am accessing a database in the cloud. In their "How To" page, it is mentioned that you can put these ca.pem and service.key files in your local path.</p>
  
  <p>In my Spring boot project, in application properties, I have put : </p>
  
  <pre><code>ssl.truststore.location=/Users/Me-myself/local/path/keys/client.truststore.jks
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have used commands to crate the stores and I can access my remote cloud database.</p>
  
  <p>My question is, How can other people who will clone my project be able to run it successfully in their local machines?</p>
  
  <p>Is it a good practice to embed these files into my spring-boot project?</p>