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Hello all.

I want to import a new EssentialSSL wildcard certificate (third party- via Namecheap) using this steps (in ClearOS Community Edition 7):
System > Security > Certificate manager > External certificate > import (*.crt & *.key & *.intermediate).
After adding all neccessary information, this message appears:
" Warning
Invalid file detected."

I have two questions about this:
1. in which log can I find details about this error?
2. can this problem be due to the use of ECC algorithm instead of "classic" RSA ?

I hope that someone of you could send me in the right direction.

Best regards,
Valentin
Thursday, April 21 2022, 07:57 AM
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    Thursday, April 21 2022, 11:13 AM - #Permalink
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    The most likely cause is that the key is password protected. If it is, please remove the protection and try again.
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    Thursday, April 21 2022, 11:45 AM - #Permalink
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    Hello Nick.

    In this case the key is not password protected...any other opinion?

    Thanks!
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    Thursday, April 21 2022, 11:59 AM - #Permalink
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    I don't know how any validation works, so you'll have to cheat. Put the cert, key and intermediate cert in /etc/clearos/certificate_manager.d. They must be called XXX.crt, XXX.intermediate and XXX.key. There is some bad validation on the allowable file name, so avoid a ".". If you do have one, you can only have a single character after it! XXX can be any alphanumeric, _ or -.
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