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Self Signed Certificate issues

Offline icemannz

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Self Signed Certificate issues
« on: October 22, 2009, 02:23:54 AM »
Hi all,
I am having a lot of difficulties installing a new signed certificate from GoDaddy.
I have read many postings and i followed the guide below:
 
configuring your sme with your new certificate
Then save your CA certificate in a file named ~/cacert/{domain}.crt
    * Copy to final location
cp {domain}.crt /home/e-smith/ssl.crt/{domain}.crt
cp {domain}.key /home/e-smith/ssl.key/{domain}.key
    * Configure SME database
config setprop modSSL crt /home/e-smith/ssl.crt/{domain}.crt
config setprop modSSL key /home/e-smith/ssl.key/{domain}.key
    * and apply the changes
signal-event post-upgrade
signal-event reboot

After doing this,
the server reboots but it comes up with an error on the screen saying:
your certificate requires a pass code please enter: Then is says your key file does not exist.
This message is repeated over and over and you cannot enter in the pass code because of this error which keeps repeating.
The apache server doesn't run and I cannot get to the web page.

I can still access the server via ssh.
I have used my proper certificate name and not {domain}.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 

Offline CharlieBrady

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Re: Self Signed Certificate issues
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 05:31:15 AM »
the server reboots but it comes up with an error on the screen saying:
your certificate requires a pass code please enter:

You need to create a certificate without a pass code.