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  • 1.  Certificate Upload Error

    Posted Mar 30, 2021 10:37 AM
    Hello,

    I'm using Aruba Instant (ArubaOS 8.7.1.2) and trying to renew a server certificate.

    I have a x509 certificate (pem format) and RSA private key (pem). I tried to upload a Server cert by following the manual. But I'm getting an error that says "Convert certificate error".

    Authentication Certificates

    Is there anyone having the same problem? The manual says very little about how to prepare a Server certificate. It only mentions a "Public" certificate, which is apparently a different thing. I guess that I'm supposed to concatenate the certificate pem and private key pem into one text file and upload it? I tried various combinations, double checked if my passphrase is correct, etc. with no luck.

    I'd appreciate if anyone gives me a right direction.

    Thank you very much,
    Yusuke

    Certificate Upload screen:

    Error message:


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    Yusuke Shinyama
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  • 2.  RE: Certificate Upload Error

    Posted Apr 01, 2021 05:41 AM
    Please try to rename the certificate to .pem extension and make sure it is built up like:
    -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKkwggSlAgEAAoIBAQDek3ufWnPs690n
....  Private key here; can be encrypted as well
sQ6jaBkawRyMm0qyIT9qaMR5HQ==
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGYzCCBUugAwIBAgISBKD2GAkUvLTccjNeGgHCNSRoMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUA
....  Server certificate here
2Z5sDlTkcQ==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEZTCCA02gAwIBAgIQQAF1BIMUpMghjISpDBbN3zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA/
....  Intermediate certificate here
UdHkhVNcsAKX1H7GNNLOEADksd86wuoXvg==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----​

    That should work.



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    Herman Robers
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    If you have urgent issues, always contact your Aruba partner, distributor, or Aruba TAC Support. Check https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/contact-support/ for how to contact Aruba TAC. Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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  • 3.  RE: Certificate Upload Error

    Posted Apr 01, 2021 10:00 PM
    Thank you!
    It turned out that the private key I had was in RSA format, as it starts with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- while
    it had to be in PKCS#8 format. (Your example gave me a clue.)

    I converted the key with the following command:
    $ openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -outform PEM -in rsa.key -out pkcs8.key
    Then concatanate the whole thing: 
    $ cat pkcs8.key server.cer intermediate.cer > toupload.cer
    ​Which worked!

    Thanks again.
    Cheers,

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    Yusuke Shinyama
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