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      TinMar
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I have a pfSense installation on which one I cannot create internal certificate.
      I can create a CA without problem, I can correctly export cert and key.
      But when I create a new cert, the certificate is an empty file and I cannot export any private key.
      On a clean pfSense installation I create CA and certs with same settings without any problem.

      Where can I found log for certificate manager?
      Is there some command line tools for the psSense's certificate manager I can use debug this installation?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        What version are you on?

        What exact settings are you putting in each field when creating the CA and certificate? Anything special about it?

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          TinMar
          last edited by

          I upgraded from 2.3.x to last stable 2.4.x before to add the CA.
          I leave default settings for CA and certificates (key length: 2048, digest: SHA256, Lifetime: 3650) and fill all information fields without any special characters.
          I try on a new pfSense installation to test exactly same settings and its working well.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            If it works on a fresh installation then there must be some part of that previous upgrade that failed.

            If you run "pfSense-upgrade" from a console or ssh shell, does it find anything that needs updated?

            Does "pkg version -vL=" show anything?

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              TinMar
              last edited by

              All packages are up to:

              pkg version -vL=
              Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
              pfSense-core repository is up to date.
              Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
              pfSense repository is up to date.
              All repositories are up to date.
              pfSense-upgrade
              >>> Updating repositories metadata... 
              Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
              pfSense-core repository is up to date.
              Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
              pfSense repository is up to date.
              All repositories are up to date.
              >>> Unlocking package pfSense-kernel-pfSense... done.
              >>> Setting vital flag on pkg... done.
              >>> Setting vital flag on pfSense... done.
              Your packages are up to date
              
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