[Freeipa-users] Can't contact LDAP server: TLS error -8172:Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user

[Dmitri Pal]

On 11/06/2012 08:07 AM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Tim Hughes wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to migrate from a fedora-ds-1.1.2-1.fc6 server to
>> ipa-server-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64 with the following command
>>
>>
>> ipa migrate-ds ldaps://fedora-ds-server.internal --continue
>> --with-compat --base-dn=dc=custsvc,dc=mycompany
>> --user-container=ou=People,ou=custsvc,dc=co,dc=mycompany
>> --group-container=ou=Groups,ou=custsvc,dc=co,dc=mycompany
>>
>>
>> I get the following response.
>>
>>
>> ipa: DEBUG: approved_usage = SSLServer intended_usage = SSLServer
>> ipa: DEBUG: cert valid True for "CN=ipa-server.internal,O=CO.MYCOMPANY"
>> ipa: DEBUG: handshake complete, peer = 192.168.10.6:443
>> <http://192.168.10.6:443>
>> ipa: DEBUG: Caught fault 4203 from server
>> http://ipa-server.internal/ipa/xml: Can't contact LDAP server: TLS error
>> -8172:Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the
>> user.
>> ipa: DEBUG: Destroyed connection context.xmlclient
>> ipa: ERROR: Can't contact LDAP server: TLS error -8172:Peer's
>> certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user.
>>
>>
>> I am trying to work out which certificate is not trusted and how I
>> should make it trusted. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> I suspect you're going to need to add the CA that issued your LDAP
> server certificate to the IPA Apache NSS certificate database (where
> our admin framework runs).
>
> You'd add it something like this:
>
> # certutil -A -d /etc/httpd/alias -n 'LDAP CA' -t CT,C,C -a <
> /path/to/ca.crt
>
> The -n 'LDAP CA' adds a nickname to the CA. There is nothing special
> about this, it just needs to be unique. Use something meaningful to you.
>
> Then restart the httpd service and try the migration again.
>
> I don't know if we've tested using ldaps, so if my suggestion works
> can you let us know?

IMO the migrate-ds command should have additional argument to point to
the cert file to use for connection.
Then the framework should get the cert and import it into the store itself.

Rob, do you agree that this would be a valid RFE?

>
> rob
>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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