I think I saw mention of "notepad" previously. If this is the case there may be some "dos" formatting that is messing things up.
On Jun 14, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: > The public cert part is good, but the private one begins with "Begin > private key", not "RSA key." > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:54:23 +0200, you wrote: > >> Am 13.06.2015 um 22:11 schrieb Steve Matzura: >>> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:57:06 +0200, you wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 03:41:26PM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote: >>>>>>>>> Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect >>>>>>>>> Escape character is '^['. >>>>>>>>> Connection closed by foreign host. >>>> >>>> This means the daemon is listening but errors out before able to process. >>>> Check the logs. >>>> Might be a dependency not starting, wrong permissions, certificate >>>> wrong/expired, etc.. >>> >>> Oh yes! Sorry for not having checked this before. >>> >>> Jun 13 18:50:56 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3-login): >>> command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs >>> Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked >>> error: error:0608308E:digital envelope >>> routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key >>> Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load >>> ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line >>> Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): >>> command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs >>> Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked >>> error: error:0608308E:digital envelope >>> routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key >>> Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load >>> ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line >>> Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): >>> command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs >>> Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked >>> error: error:0608308E:digital envelope >>> routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key >>> Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load >>> ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line >>> Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): >>> command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs >>> >>> I thought this was a possibility. It probably means I have >>> concatenated incorrect elements to form the certificate files. >>> >> >> Looks like there is something wrong with the format of your >> certificates. Do your files contain the start and end lines? >> >> >> The private key file should look like this: >> -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- >> cWgpJPyTE7yxI7cqREE8ULqn4eVJ85YckBNooOXGiumSkoTske7XIGNvRQWkpFUN >> [...] >> 4LMADvl806xkVkoWDGqJvN2MrN4qeRWuiTQ4tqmi0xp8wfoKWD0q4A== >> -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- >> >> >> The public certificates file should look like this: >> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- >> DwAwggEKAoIBAQCxpX2YsLeMT3GIMDtdJIoVkT+qe5PrpPL3omglJ+sKXnulM8JP >> [... more stuff from your domains cert ...] >> VmXZvW8oF1yaSQ/lSXZZ5Cg7mFZqqGrO5Sr15ZrduPlgdQ== >> -----END CERTIFICATE----- >> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- >> MDBaFw0yNDAyMjAxMDAwMDBaMEwxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkJFMRkwFwYDVQQKExBHbG9i >> [... more stuff from your intermediate cert ...] >> AQAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFPXN1TwIUPlqTzq3l9pWg+Zp0mj3MEUGA1UdIAQ+MDwwOg== >> -----END CERTIFICATE-----