Hi folks,

I have one IPA server in production for my small environment. There I set Let’s Encrypt CA root and issue .p12 cert without problem.

Now, I want to install FreeIPA on VPS, but I have problem with Let’s encrypt SSL. I can’t import SSL.

First, I imported CA certficates:

ipa-cacert-manage -n DSTRootCAX3 -t C,, install DTSRootCAX3.pem

ipa-cacert-manage -n LetsEncryptX3 -t C,, install ca.cer

ipa-certupdate -v

That’s all ok.

But than, I generate new p12

with command:

openssl pkcs12 -export -in cert.pem -inkey privkey.pem -out ipa.p12 -certfile fullchain.pem

Than, ask me for pass and that all is ok.

When I run:

ipa-server-certinstall -w ipa.p12 -v

ask me for Directory pass and pass which I enter in step above,
than I get error:

ipalib.backend: DEBUG: Created connection context.ldap2_140380174158736
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: Starting external process
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: args=['/usr/bin/certutil', '-d', '/tmp/tmpauWQ5Z', '-N', '-f', '/tmp/tmpauWQ5Z/pwdfile.txt', '-@', '/tmp/tmpauWQ5Z/pwdfile.txt']
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: Process finished, return code=0
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: stdout=
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: stderr=
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: Starting external process
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: args=['/usr/bin/pk12util', '-d', 'dbm:/tmp/tmpauWQ5Z', '-i', 'ipa.p12', '-k', '/tmp/tmpauWQ5Z/pwdfile.txt', '-v', '-w', '/tmp/tmp66gfLt']
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: Process finished, return code=10
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: stdout=
ipapython.ipautil: DEBUG: stderr=pk12util: File Open failed: ipa.p12: PR_FILE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR: File not found

ipapython.admintool: DEBUG:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipapython/admintool.py", line 174, in execute
    return_value = self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/ipa_server_certinstall.py", line 116, in run
    self.replace_http_cert()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/ipa_server_certinstall.py", line 156, in replace_http_cert
    host_name=api.env.host
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/ipa_server_certinstall.py", line 201, in load_pkcs12
    **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/installutils.py", line 1151, in load_pkcs12
    raise ScriptError(str(e))

ipapython.admintool: DEBUG: The ipa-server-certinstall command failed, exception: ScriptError: Failed to load ipa.p12
ipapython.admintool: ERROR: Failed to load ipa.p12
ipapython.admintool: ERROR: The ipa-server-certinstall command failed.


Some ideas ?


Petar Kozić
System Administrator

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