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Broda_146178's avatar
Broda_146178
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Oct 22, 2015

problem with ssl cert

Hi,

 

I have generated csr via gui on my f5. Then I send this csr to the CA. In response I got cert and bundle.

 

I tried to instal this on f5, but i have got info about key mismatch. I did this entering the csr, and importing cert file.

 

First question, does the csr having validation time? Second question, did CA should send me a key file?

 

R. M

 

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LTM
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  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Oct 22, 2015

    First question, does the csr having validation time?

    Not usually

    Second question, did CA should send me a key file?

    It should NOT be a private key. A CSR is generated from a private key so it's assumed you already have one. The most likely reason is that the data you have is not in the right format. Open the file in a text editor. You should see something like this:

    ----- BEGIN CERTIFICATE -----    
... a bunch of base64-encoded    
certificate data ...
----- END CERTIFICATE -----

    If there's more than this in the file you'll want to extract this content into a separate file and import that as your public certificate.