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How to use a SSL certificate

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Hello,

I'm trying to use our own SSL certifivate but I had no luck yet. Our certificate came along with the following files:

  • AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt
  • COMODOHigh-AssuranceSecureServerCA.crt
  • prtg_tmts_nl.crt

I looked here https://kb.paessler.com/knowledgebase/en/topic/283-how-can-i-use-a-trusted-ssl-certificate-with-the-prtg-web-interface

But I don't know how to decrypt the .key file. I tried copying the files I had, after renaming them first, but when I tried to relaunch prtg, it simply won't run.

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Your Sincerely,

Michel Butzelaar

certificate prtg ssl

Created on Jun 3, 2013 1:23:42 PM

Last change on Jun 4, 2013 12:49:44 PM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]



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Dear Michel,

So, one of your files must be the root certificate, one the server certificate and one the private key file.

>But I don't know how to decrypt the .key file.

The issuer of your certificate has sent you the encrypted private key file along with a password. Please use the private key file in combination with the password to generate another private key file which is not encrypted:

  • Download openssl.
  • On command line, run: openssl rsa -in [encrypted-key].key -out prtg.key
  • At the "Enter PEM pass phrase:" prompt enter the password for the key

Please make sure your certificates and key files are PEM encoded. Use SSL converter tools, if necessary.

Created on Jun 4, 2013 1:03:42 PM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]




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