[389-users] dirsrv-admin with existing (remote) configuration server using SSL

[MATON Brett]

Installation appears to go fine until it tries to start the admin
server:

 

Configuration directory server URL [ldap://<local
FQDN>:389/o=NetscapeRoot]: ldaps://<Config Server
FQDN>:636/o=NetscapeRoot

...

CA certificate filename: /etc/openldap/cacerts/<base64 cert file>

...

 

output: Server failed to start !!! Please check errors log for problems

output:                                                    [FAILED]

 

/var/log/dirsrv/admin-serv/error:

 

[Wed Feb 08 13:35:26 2012] [notice] SELinux policy enabled; httpd
running as context unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0

[Wed Feb 08 13:35:32 2012] [crit] sslinit: NSS is required to use LDAPS,
but security initialization failed [-12285:Unable to find the
certificate or key necessary for authentication.].  Cannot start server

 

The server, has however successfully registered itself with the remote
Configuration Directory Server.

(shows up in the server group in 389-Console and Directory Server is
available).

 

I wasn't asked to provide a keystore password  when adding the
certificate to the store, as you would be with 389-Console GUI when
first opening the certificate store.

Is that intentional or not?

 

I'm now a bit stumped (again), I had a look at the certdb with certutil:

 

[root@<host> admin-serv]# certutil -d . -L

 

Certificate Nickname                                         Trust
Attributes

 
SSL,S/MIME,JAR/XPI

 

CA certificate                                               CT,,

 

Which leads me to believe that it should be able to at least find the
certificate...

I also checked file/directory ownership and permissions which match
those on the working 'master' server.

 

 

Installer issue:

  If you make a mistake and get asked to try again (I typed the ldaps
port as 633 instead if 636), you get stuck at the CA Certificate
filename stage with the following:

 

CA certificate filename [/etc/openldap/cacerts/CAServer.crt]:

The certificate database in '/etc/dirsrv/admin-serv' already contains a
CA certificate.  Please remove it first, or use the certutil program to
add the CA certificate with a different name.

Please try again, in case you mis-typed something.

 

Simple enough solution as for me this is a fresh install, is to delete
cert8.db and keys3.db in /etc/dirserv/admin-serv/ from another session.

 


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