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Error Loading Private key

Issue

20 January 2017, 06:52

systemctrl reports Error loading private key from /etc/ssl/cert.pem
I followed this
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365
To create a self signed cert
Then I
cp key.pem /etc/ssl/cert.pem
cat cert.pem >> /etc/ssl/cert.pem
I even
chmod 666 /etc/ssl/cert.pem
What is wrong?

Issue

20 January 2017, 08:15

The error message is
hiawatha [17295]: Error loading private key from /etc/ssl/cert.pem

Hugo Leisink

20 January 2017, 09:44

Have you checked the TLS bindings HOWTO?

Issue

23 January 2017, 05:02

Binding {
    Port = 443
    TLSCertFile = /etc/ssl/cert.pem
    TimeForRequest=30
}

Issue

25 January 2017, 03:49

Hugo Leisink

25 January 2017, 20:22

You realize you posted a private key to a public forum? I advice you to delete it and generate a new one.

Is the private key password protected?

Issue

1 February 2017, 03:32

It is okay I am doing it for testing not a production server.
Key is not protected.

Hugo Leisink

1 February 2017, 08:09

Compile Hiawatha with ENABLE_DEBUG set to ON (in config.h.in, located in root of source package). This will generate a lot of mbed TLS debug information in Hiawatha's system logfile. See if it says anything about the key loading.

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