On 02/09/16 18:42, Brian May wrote: > sslio[8259]: fatal: unable to read cert or key file: no error
I found that error reported in an unrelated bug report, the solution seems to be: https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7664#c4 > I have been hit by the problem lamented by Jean Franco whiel deploying Netsol > released certificates. > > After much puzzling over the probLEM (I had done similar activities in the > past w/no problems whatsoever) I found out that converting the key with: > > openssl rsa -in a.key -out b.key > > and the cert with: > > openssl x509 -in a.key -out b.key > > (this last step i snot really necessary > > and then using the - functionially equivalent - b.crt, b.key in place of > a.crt, a.key makes the issue go away. > > The problem appears to lie with sslio being unable to interpret the key file > - the ones that failed begin with > -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- > > while the onoe that succed begin with: > > -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- cheers, Chris -- Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative Email: sam...@unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci