Re: Installing replacement certs

Jon Paris <[email protected]> Mon, 8 May 2023 11:07:27 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.systems.as400.web
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It was far from clear to me why they were needed as (as far as I could tell) the root certs were already installed and had been in use for 12 months. But something must have changed on the part of the cert authority as the new cert would not install until I had added the two new CA certs from the bundle.


Jon P.

> On May 8, 2023, at 10:40 AM, Brad Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Well, he did say most of the CAs were already there, so maybe that's the
> case.  I know the last certs I've imported the CAs were already there so no
> importing of CAs required and the "bundle" imported just fine.  :)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 9:27 AM Jon Paris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Agreed - in fact it errors out if you try.
>> 
>> But then I have no idea how Pete gets it to accept a bundle file in the
>> first place. It ust rejects it for me.
>> 
>> 
>> Jon P.
>> 
>>> On May 7, 2023, at 10:34 PM, Brad Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Using DCM?  I've never been able to import a server cert if the CAs
>> aren't
>>> already there.
>>> 
>>> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 7:43 PM Pete Helgren <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Interesting....I just import the bundle, remembering the "bundle" is the
>>>> cert plus the intermediates (three certs in my case).  The LetsEncrypt
>>>> CA root is already present (most CA roots are already in DCM).
>>>> 
>>>> I always just use the same csr since it only needs to be created once,
>>>> unless your server key changes, or the key length is changed....most of
>>>> my csr's haven't changed in years.
>>>> 
>>>> The only place I got tripped up in the past when when I imported and
>>>> forgot to choose "Server or Client" and "Automatically renewed
>>>> certificate".  But I have fully automated the LetsEncrypt renewals with
>>>> DCM now so I don't have to do a manual import except in rare
>> occasions.....
>>>> 
>>>> Pete Helgren
>>>> www.petesworkshop.com
>>>> GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
>>>> GIAC Cloud Penetration Tester
>>>> AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
>>>> Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
>>>> 
>>>> On 5/7/2023 3:53 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
>>>>> OK - I just used copy/paste to create the individual certs.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the help it is all working now.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jon P.
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