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Brad_Weakly_101
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Feb 01, 2006

certificate/key mismatch

I have been trying to create a self signed certificate for the Apache on the virtual server and import the key and certificate to the BIG-IP. But I keep get "Import Failed: Certificate/Key mismatch" e...
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Feb 02, 2006

"8. On big-ip interface, copy the server.csr file content to the certificate import page, it says "Import Failed: Certificate/Key mismatch" error."

You need to import 'server.crt' as your SSL certificate to BIG-IP box.

Your Apache httpd.conf has following directives: 


SSLCertificateFile /root/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /root/ssl.key/server.key

.. use those files when importing SSL certificate and SSL key.

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server.csr is the "Certificate Signing Request", see wikipedia for details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_signing_request