problem with ssl cert

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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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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.